Just made a mum friend who is 10 years younger than me

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Our DC are in reception class together and are similar (both have suspected ASD too) they’ve formed a sort of semi friendship/enjoy playing together.

I was chatting to the mum at drop off today and she mentioned her age and she is 10 years younger than I am. She had her DS quite young I believe.
I do like her and would like our DC to meet up outside of school, but I have no friends who are that much younger than I am.

AIBU? Has anyone else got friends/mum friends who are much younger or older than they are?

I don't really have 'mum' friends (Thanks lockdown), but I do have friends of different ages. I think its great - different life experiences brought together by a common factor. If you get on well then there is no issue.

Agree with whoever said ‘what even is your AIBU’?

No problem. I had mine at 29 and 34 (didn't want a second until first was in school). I met and befriended school mums a lot younger than me and a few 10 years older. Mine are adult now and I'm still in touch with some of those those mums. One, a lot younger than me, now has 4 children, from 24 down to nine and we still meet up, when mine are 24 and 18. It's lovely to see her younger daughters, when my daughter and son grew up with her younger two.
Enjoy the friendship, you will have lots in common due to your children and it's interesting hearing from a younger (or older) parent's perspective.
If you like each other's company, what's the issue? Very much doubt that your children will notice.
The school mum I made friends with when our daughters were in reception, and who is seven years older than me, had another 5yrs after I'd had my second. I bloody applaud her, she's got a 14yr old and nearing 60!

I'm 61 and have friends in their 20s and 30s. At the other end of the scale, I have friends in their 80s and one who has just turned 100. The only issue is that the older friends likely won't be around as long as the younger ones.

Well I have many fellow parents friends who are over ten years younger than me. I get on well with them all. We meet every few months and go for coffee every other week. I had my youngest at an older age so I was pleased to meet fellow mums and they didnt assume I was granny

No i'm a mum of two ASD I have parent friends some older some younger. A couple are grandparents so 2-30 year's older. Your children get on so...

My favourite friend is 22 years younger than myself! Works well

I can't see the issue. I have good friends more than 10 years younger than me and also more than 10 years older than me. It's what you have in common, not their age, when you're an adult it doesn't matter anymore.

I'm 25, and I have a 40 year old mum friend who I get on very well with! I don't even think about our ages often tbh.

Most of the mum friends i have are older than me as had my children quite young. Found i had a lot more in common with them than friends my own age to be honest.

The Home Office keeps a national database to register all friendships in OP.
They pick it up via the mobile phone network, then cross-reference against birth records.

If you are caught socialising with people more than 1 year older or younger than you, you receive a fine. Repeat offences warrant a short re-education programme in a residential camp.

Sorry, what? You're wondering if you can be friends with someone you seem to like because she's so young?
In assuming she's 18 at youngest so an adult. It's hardly inappropriate.

Our school Mom friendship group ranges from... 47 at the top (kids are 7) down to 28. So 19 years. One could legally be the others Mom. So what?

How long is the camp? Do I have to leave the kids at home? Is there food that no one makes you share with them?

I have friends who are 20 years older than me. It doesn’t matter if you have similar interests.

Aside from my sister my best friend is about 14 yrs older than me , I can’t see the issue .

In year 1 went to a party of a class friend of my eldest and discovered I was the same age at the Grandmother.

Oo, I did that when DC were toddlers. She was lovely and we had so much fun, met up most days.

Then after a year or so she found younger cooler mum friends to get pissed with, lost interest in my middle-aged countryside walks, and ditched me without a second thought.

So, enjoy the friendship but don’t invest too much in it emotionally is my advice to you.

And? I had kids later than many, and I was positively ancient for my third. Most of my mum mates are younger than me and often by more than a decade. Nobody cares. We're all ADULTS

What's the issue? One of my best friends I 14 years older than me, we met at work but have children of similar ages. Really unsure what the problem is?

I was 41 and DP 46 when we had DS - some of his friends parents were 15 yearz younger than me and all were at least 10. We got on fine. I say got because he is in secondary school now, so don't see parents much now.

I am 40 and one of my best work friends is in her mid 20’s, we go out for drink sometimes and hang out and have a laugh at work, if you get on why would it be a problem? It helps that I’m super immature

No problem whatsoever.

i met my best friend when our girls started nursery
they are 17 now
she is 52 and I am 39
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my best mate is 10 years older than me- I was still in primary school when she had her eldest! we have been close friends for 15 years now, mid 40s and mid 50s- lots of banter about her getting her free bus pass in the not too distant future!

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Camp managers initially felt that the re-education camps should be a positive learning experience.

However, a few thousand self-reporting incidents from mothers expressing joy at their holiday from scraping nutella off carpets soon put them right. Conditions are now a little more ... Braverman.