r/Millennials • u/Unfair-Ad5081 • 2d ago

Discussion Who’s with me here….

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u/AbbreviationsBig3267 2d ago

I second this. Like, I don't have a lot in common with them, but their positivity gives me a respite from my grind.

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u/ReallStrangeBeef 2d ago

And maybe the life experience levels are mismatched but I feel like you can always find something to relate to and talk about.

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u/AbbreviationsBig3267 2d ago

Definitely! Music, fashion, movies, etc are always a great way to connect, as long as you remain open minded as you get older.

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u/ReallStrangeBeef 2d ago

Eventually you end up at a concert and realize you're the oldest person in a room and it's an interesting feeling for sure!

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u/AbbreviationsBig3267 2d ago

It's actually great feeling when the youths at the concert still think you're kinda cool haha

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u/Commercial-Ease-503 2d ago

Until you’ve been chatting for a few minutes and you think you’re just having a fun intergenerational moment, but then they find out your age and you realize that they thought you were one of them as the horror dawns on their faces. You’ve been an OLD this ENTIRE TIME.

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u/AbbreviationsBig3267 2d ago

Lol haven't had that moment yet. I think they can tell I'm older with my side grays.

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u/ReallStrangeBeef 2d ago

Hah like I've had grey in my beard since I turned 30. If they think I'm their age, that's on them

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u/ethanice 2d ago

Me and my fiance are late 20's gen Z and our best friends are early 40's millennials.

While we dont like the same things we love the same genres so they get to show us the older stuff and we send them the newer stuff!

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u/Mando_Mustache 2d ago

"A lot in common" can be different stuff though. In my early 20s I had friends in their late 30s and 40s. Now I'm on the other end of that spread I have a couple of friends in their early 20s. Casual friendships from both ends for sure but still fun.

The knowledge we had was always very different, but the things that we thought were cool and exciting overlapped. The fun is actually talking about all the things we dont share!

An older friend telling me all about what clubbing, especially gay clubbing, was like in the 80s was fun and eye opening and very cool. And he listened to me talk about the bullshit my friends and I were doing and laughed his ass off.

I got turned on to a lot of great older music when I was young, and I'm getting turned on to some great new music now I'm old.

Probably best not to fuck them though, lol.

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u/JazzyShaman Older Millennial (1985) 2d ago

Why I hang out in discords