My hot take is that everyone needs to be friends with people significantly younger and significantly older than themselves. You miss out on a lot of the richness of rewarding human connection by only socialising with people who are approximately the same age as you
In the brief moment when u go to split an oreo in half, do u think the cream hesitates? Is it in a schrodinger state of indecision, not knowing which cookie to adhere to, or was its allegiance to a cookie side predestined.
I won't let you people gaslight me into thinking intellectual mismatch is not a thing in romantic relationships. It is not even about formal degrees or booksmarts. It shows up in things like curiousity, conversational depth, imagination, openness, and worldviews.
What were you doing at 28? Were you writing a message to the world anticipating the end of your life? That’s what Anas Al Sharif was doing at 28, along with reporting the genocide of his people. Israel is openly claiming the attack knowing it won’t face consequences. ENOUGH.