My wife & I have an 18-year-old son. He started university in September, studying medicine. There he met this 41-year-old man - a classmate, and they became really good friends. This man has just started university now at this age because apparently he was born poor and in the first half of his life was focused on making money, but medicine is a dream of his. Son has always been an introverted, shy, socially awkward kid with little friends, but now goes out often. Honestly my wife & I are uncomfortable, and we can’t help but side eye the dude.
I started working for the post office when I was 19 and half of my friends were suddenly 40 year olds. Now I’m 40, most of those friends are retired, and I talk about video games and stuff with a bunch of 20 year olds.
I think in some insitutions you’re just bound to associate with older or younger people if you’re the odd one out and college strikes me as that kind of place