What is it like socializing with people who are 10 or more years younger than you in college?
Before I went back to college at the age of 32, I hadn’t had any friends who were 10 years younger than me. My immediate circle of friends consisted of my husband (who’s two years older than me); my good friend of 15 years (who’s one month older than me), and weekly phone calls to my mother (I won’t tell you her age!). The circumstances of me having friends 10 years younger than me never presented itself–’til I went back to college. More important than age, though, I think life transitions–different stages in life–were more evident between my classmates and I. My first semester, for example, I had made a “friend” who was about 24 years old. We became lab partners then we started going to lunch and other various places. After a while, she wanted to “hang out” more often, but I had home responsibilities to take care of, like cooking, cleaning my house and spending quality time with my husband, which I value. One day, she lashed out at me because I had other responsibilities outside of us
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- The Fellowship appears to be geared toward younger people – particularly those right out of college. Is this program really appropriate for a career changer?
- The Fellowship appears to be geared toward younger people - particularly those right out of college. Is this program really appropriate for a career changer?
- What is it like socializing with people who are 10 or more years younger than you in college?
