To ask if you would find a friendship between a 25 year old and 49 unusual

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I’ve met a friend who’s 49 and people find it unusual that I’m friends with someone of that age.

One of my best friends is 26 and I am 53, she is very mature and acts like she's middle aged !

I had a friend with a 20 year age gap. I was younger, she was older. But over time I realised that she was taking advantage of me, assuming because of my age and she appeared jealous and say things like "your fine, you will meet someone, I'm old and I won't". Ok- that's a bad example, she would make comments about me age. Not only that she felt she had to be the superior one, she would tell me "Don't talk to me like that! I am 20 years older". Everything we went out, the places we went to were on her own terms, when we suggested my ideas, she would throw a bit of a strop. Anyway, I came to my senses and let that friendship go. It was a weird power balance with her.

On the other hand, one of my best friends is much older than me... she is in her 50's, me in 20's and she is just the best!

Not at all. If you click and have things in common then why not enjoy a good friendship.

A platonic friendship between adults with any age gap isn't unusual or particularly remarkable, especially if you met at work or through a common interest. A sexual relationship with a generation's age difference brings power and history imbalances into play, but in a platonic friendship that isn't important because neither party has a hold over the other.

Nothing wrong at all.

I have 3 female best friends, they all have son/ daughter the same age as me give or take a year or two. One of them I was in the same year in secondary school as her daughter, daughter and I weren't friends.

I met them via a mutual interest when I was 16.

Another friend who was friendly with one of them first became a great close friend too, he was 79 at the time. We were good friends for about 4 years until his death.

The 3 female friends have now been friends for 30 years so the age difference has made no difference

One of the ladies I work with is a really good friend and she's 30 years older than me

When I was in my mid 20s, i had a good friend (sadly lost contact) who was on her 60s. She was fab.

However I thought this thread was going to be about married men in their mid 40s who are "best friends" with 20 something year old women at their work place.

Funnily enough, I am 50 years old and none of the young men in my workplace are clamouring to be my best buddy.

Gosh no. Not at all.

At 19 I met a friend 20yr older. We’re still the best of friends 13yr later, I’m auntie to his child, close with his wife, and part of their family.

Have a few other close friends with a similar age gap too, as well as plenty around my age and a bit younger. Friendship has no age limit.

Not remotely. I have always had friends of a variety of ages, younger and older, as well as my core group of same age mates.

DH and I have two lovely friends who have kids a similar age to us, our children consider them as an extra set of grandparents. They're awesome!

I’m 57 and have a good friend who’s 34. We think very alike and she makes me cry with laughter!

I’m 32 and my closest friends are 47, 53 and 57 - I just can’t relate to people my own age and never have been able to

Op . I am 49 and have friends in their 20's and a few in their 70's . Friendship is not about someone's age ?

Not at all, I have friends, both male and female over 20 years older than I am.

However I thought this thread was going to be about married men in their mid 40s who are "best friends" with 20 something year old women at their work place.
Yes, same. Did not realise it is so common!

One group of my close friends are all 10plus years older. I have another group the same age. My favourite friends within the sport I do are a 63 year old man, a 16 year old girl, and a mix from 20s to 50s. I'm mid 30s. Life would be very fucking dull if we could only be mates with people our own age!

I'd say it is unusual. My youngest friend is about 10 years younger than me, my oldest friend about 10 years older.

I'm 48. I've got friend in their 20s and friends in their 60s and 70s and everywhere between not strange at all!