Do you have any unlikely friends?

[Grabbner]

Sort of inspired by another thread but not a taat!

Not sure if unlikely is the right word but I am a middle aged very boring woman. I have a good friend who is in his late 20’s, we met when we were having some work done on the house and he was labouring for the builder.

It’s truly only friendship, no ulterior motives on either side. On paper we’d have nothing in common at all, in reality we get on really well. He’s got one of my dc a labouring job for the summer (or had done before all this), and I’ve done favours for him too.

Any other unlikely friendships?

Yep. I met a few friends through my hobby (drama) who are so different to me, you wouldn't think we'd have anything in common. One of them is 27, single, lives with his parents, no responsibilities, never had a proper relationship. I'm nearly 40, married with 3 kids (aged 6-14). We live completely different lives, yet we are best friends and chat every day!

I’ve made good friends outside of my age group through work. I’m in my 40s, one friend is in her 60s and one in her early 20s. The three of us go out for dinner, drinks etc. Probably look like gran, mum & daughter .

It’s good isn’t it? Most of my friends are completely lovely but very similar to me - which is why we’re friends I suppose! Having someone different is good.

Yeah I have a bit of a misfit group of friends, we met through our jobs 15-20 years ago.
Massive divide in age, circumstances and income.
For example I’m late 30’s, 2 young kids, very modest house, just about scraping through. V working class.
One of my best mates is in 50’s, grown up left home kids, annual income in the £100ks, millions in the bank (dh just sold a business) massive gorgeous house.
But we’re great mates, have a laugh, go on holiday together etc.

Yes, I work for a small company, my colleagues are mainly late 50's male scientific Doctors. I'm 40, 2 young DC, fortunate to have a very active social life etc etc. Polar opposite to my colleagues, I genuinely count them all as very good friends!

All my friends at work especially my closest friend. She’s crossed over from being a work friend to a real true friend. I love her dearly. She’s 36 years older than me.

I have a very posh friend. She's incredibly jolly hocky sticks with loads of other posh mates. I'm the opposite of posh and I suppose we have nothing in common really but we make each other laugh and I love the bones of her.

Lots, but it depends on how you describe us. For instance, if I say my parents are a functionally illiterate binman and a cleaner and I grew up in a very deprived and overcrowded home, it sounds far more dramatic that I have a good friend who is the younger son of an Earl. However, if I say that I went to Oxford and met this friend, who was at another college, when he was working on the till at Sainsbury's, it sounds a lot less odd.

I have had a friend who is, on paper, very different to me. She is a very (very) rich compared to me, politically right leaning, privately educated, poshy poshy Southerner, and a parent.
I am a comfortably off left leaning, state school educated, a bit rough around the edges Northern lass, child-free.
We met at uni 20 years ago and have been very close friends ever since, our backgrounds, income differentials, politics etc seem to have never got in the way.
I also have a friend who is 27 years older than me.
However most of my friends are both similar ages and socioeconomically etc similar.

Yes my favourite "mum friend" is a lovely married woman in her late 30's, with a desperately wanted and long tried for ivf baby.
I'm very early 20's "accident baby" from being immature, single parent.

She's exactly the sort of person I was worried would look down and judge me.

I’m 40. My best friend is 23. I’m fat and boring and she is young and fun. But we are great friends. I feel like she should be embarrassed being friends with me but she drags me out with her younger friends and we have a lot of fun. She is only 5 years older than my oldest son!

I volunteer at a community support project and made a lovely friend there. I’m 47, married with a teenage DS, he’s 66, retired and been married donkeys years and we get on like a house on fire. We talk about all kinds, have very similar interests and political views.

He’s ace and has taken a real shine to my DS who comes in and helps us during the holidays too.

Ah this is the kind of thread that makes me cry after a long week’s lockdown

I’m a 26 year old woman and I’m really good friends with a 72 year old colleague.
She grows me fruit and vegetables in her garden.

My best friend is a proper party girl with lots of exciting acid trip lockin stories and beautiful tattoos, she owns a flat in London, works in publishing, hobnobs with intellectuals and got married in a pub wearing a tshirt and shorts.

I knit, have an allotment and a baby, live in a falling down countryside cottage and got married in a field in a lacy white dress i made myself.

She's my soulmate and no one gets me like she does.

My closest friends are complete opposites to me in personality. They are active extroverts and I'm a quiet introvert but they are able to meet my level of seriousness and yet manage to coax me into being a bit more adventurous so it all works nicely lol.

I have 2 unlikely friends-1 is a widow, 82 and an ex neighbour of mine, shes hilarious and a true Londoner, the other is in his 70's and we met when i picked up an Ebay purchase from him, really we are penpals rather than pals but we've stayed in touch for the last couple of years.

I’m loving these stories. Lots of friendships here that are examples of opposites attract.

Storm are you happy crying or sad crying? I hope it’s the first one 💐

Having grown up within a faith and struggling to get my head around why any adult would want to continue worshipping voluntarily, and having stayed as far away from religious types as possible - later in life one of my best friends is a strongly practicing Christian - I love her to bits, the religious thing still freaks me out a bit.

One of my best friends is 86, I'm mid 30s. We met at church. She's the funniest, straightforward person I know. And at the moment I really miss her. She has children older than me, but we still go out, she comes over for dinner etc and we just clicked. She fabulous