how old are you people? (or: does it matter?) (25)

1 Name: Anonymous : 2011-09-29 02:31 ID:Ece6sMom

I get the feeling that most people here are 17-23 or so.

I'm 32 and I feel really shitty about it.

If you think I shouldn't feel that way, then tell me so.

Just having a hard time relating to people my age these days. All my friends from high school and college are married and have kids and "real" jobs. They certainly don't have any geeky interests, or not any compared to the sort that I do. I know there are older geeks out there but I really don't know how to connect with them outside of rather meaningless encounters on the Internet.

I'm back at college now so I'm surrounded by people aged 18-22. "Well then," you might say. "That sounds good, right? You're probably more comfortable being with people younger than you are." If only that were the case. I really don't "get" anyone here and most students here get on my nerves terribly. I mean, I'm a tremendously irritable person with depression, but man, every dude here seems like a tremendous douchebag and all the girls... well, some are nice but I can't help but feel like I have no business talking to them, being so much older than they are. They probably think I'm a creep (or a "creeper," as I guess people like to say now). There's really nothing going on at this school anyway besides fraternities and people playing drinking games. Can't say I'd be involved in those at any age, really.

I realize that a lot of this is just in my head but I just feel so old and it really gets me down some days. When you find out that someone is 30-ish, how do you feel about them? I ask because I look much younger than my age, so I can sort of pass for being in my early 20s. I could do this... and I guess I do, but I also feel shitty and deceptive about doing it.

Not really sure where this rant is going. I'm having a bad day today and I just wanted a place to vent.

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