Has anyone else noticed this really weird infantilization thing going on among young adults lately? You have people in their 20s acting like they’re still 9 years old and it’s weird for anyone 2-4 years older to even speak to them.
Maybe it’s because I’m about to be 30 myself, but why does it seem like people are being trained to assume that adults older than 30 are predators in wait?
You’re not getting heavily invested with a friend though. You’re not spending the majority of your time with them, making decisions involving substantial risk with them, making deep commitments with them, etc.
Even roommates doesn’t necessarily cross the line. I’ve had roommates that were 8 years younger, and ones that were 30+ years older.
If everybody got more used to the idea of degrees of interaction/personal involvement and a spectrum of how much of a peer someone is, that would do a lot of good.
a lot of people probably only have the opportunity for an intimate partner or prospective partners. i’m not sure what “friendship” is, maybe i read about it in a history book from a time when capitalism hadn’t fully destroyed our lives.