Are You Keen On Making Friends With Older People?

Absolutely. Many of the greatest friends I've ever had were old enough to be my parent or grandparent. :)

Absolutely! I work with and love old people. They have a wealth of information and life experiences to share. Also, they've learned what's important in life and remind me not to sweat the small stuff. I think I get along well with them and they like me because I treat them as a person first, instead of looking at their age...I don't see an old person, but a person who happens to be old. We joke and laugh just like I would with anyone else. Great question you've asked.

I really love my grandparents, i love to listen to their stories specially the story of World War, i'm very amaze how they survive, their stories about their serves as my guide until now on my day to day living. They have many stories to tell, action, drama and adventure sometimes horrors, its just like i'm reading a book a true story book, but most of them now passed away. I missed them so much. Today their are 2 of my grandparents were still alive both of them is at the age of 80's, they still love to share stories, when i go home and visit them, i usually sleep with them, we talk until morning sharing stories, at first it difficult for me the understand what he is talking because he speaks a different dialect, but now its okay for because i was able to learn his dialect. His stories is very nice, for he has a lot of different stories. I will see him soon again.

I'm not really good at making friends with people regardless of their age. I am a younger person and it would be easier for me to make friends with people of my age but if I am able to find things to talk about with anybody then I have a good chance of being friends with them I guess. I just am not good at initiating conversation and can't always figure out what to talk about when meeting new people.

I have always been friends with older people since I was a teenager. I seem to have been born mature to begin with and was usually very serious type of person. Wanting to know the answers to everything. I think the older generations have some great stories and experiences that makes me attracted to them. I think we all could learn some life lessons from the older generations.

I like hanging out with old people for feeds and very reliable to ask different situations since they are veterans already and mold by time, old people has a lot of common in behaving or attitude, they are by nature hot tempered in some ways and wants to be in control but that's natural since the very basis is the age they think they have more to be heard from younger gens. actually we have that kind of attitude also in some ways when younger than us excels from our premises we get also the same feeling but not given so much attention from that feeling since we can be so rational unlike with old people sees only one direction when making some decisions or instructions

It depends how "old" they are. If the group seems to be rather too old, I'd be a little bit patient but wouldn't really want to mingle with them. If they're just a few years or so older than me, then we could strike up conversations. I don't really mind the age, what matters to me is how I gel with the people, if their character would not get along well with mine, then I doubt I would be able to make friends with them older or younger. Have a great mylot experience ahead!

As for me making friends with older people, I think I don't mind but then again it depends. I know in the work force we need to get along with different people with different ages especially with older people. But sometimes I feel I do not fit in with older people since I don't work yet and find nothing in common. Most are probably married and working.. But it's good to make friends with older peopel because they have more experience and wisdom than those of younger that they can relate to.

I would. I've been having older people as friends and I really think that talking to them is worthwhile especially if we're talking about experiences. There are times when we disagree on stuffs but it's a healthy conversation. So far I haven't met older people who tend to control me (or maybe they feel a bit off when it comes to controlling conversations with me since I have a strong personality hehe)

hi alicia, I most certainly love mingling with old people, I believe they normally have so much knowledge and experiences. and its great to share them...I am 63 but I am not old yet....LOL but I do know some old people....

I also find great time in talking with older people . Maybe just an instinct that makes me feel comfortable in talking with them and understands them eventually. I love learning things from them for they have gone for different kinds of experiences which I can also learned out from it. Different people with different point of views with different types experiences can help me mold to be a better me. Well, I can gained nothing for sure if I just taken for granted their advises which are really helpful for a grown lady like me for they have much brighter ideas for the future . For how many years 'til now that I lived i have understood that older people were ought to be respected .

why not i am student i don,t toke with older people.because they are don't think for us.thank you

It all depends, you can still be friends be with people who are around 5 years older to you. It depends on the age you are in too. A teenager feels 5 years is a big age gap, if you are in school and colleges that 5 years gap appears to be too big, as you grow older and starts working in an organization, age really doesn't matter and people gets used to it.

Relationships with older people is invaluable. I don't think it is coincidence that I have never failed to be amazed by some of the stories older people can tell about their lives. The generation that grew up during the depression, especially, is fascinating to me when they tell the stories of how they lived life, the ordeals they endured, and how it shaped their thoughts on life. I think we are always fortunate to be able to make new friends with older folks.

To me, personally, making friends can be with people of all ages. There are benefits of making friends with older people--we learn from their experiences. They know a lot more than young people do. I find it strange that young people make friends with people of the same age.

I agree with you. :) In the church, I usually sit with older people... really often than I do with the people younger than me or even the people of my age. Yeah, I really learn a lot from doing so. Hearing their life experiences, their how-to-dos, their love stories before getting married, their point of views about a lot of things and so much more. I really love talking to them and I even hang out with them when there's like elders' retreat or something like that. In fact, most of the younger people in our church (though I play with them sometime) consider me one of the elders. ahhahahaha!