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Do you relate more to people 5 years younger or 5 years older than yourself?

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#1 ·
I was born in 1990 and I probably relate more to people born in 1985 than 1995, just because I have a pretty solid memory of days way back (1994-1999). Also I have a good memory of before digitality really ruled our lives the way it does now, I mean it was a big thing in the 90s and even 80s but not like it has been for the past 8-12 years.

1995ers do seem more similar now though that they're 17-18, I mean after all they still enjoy a lot of the same music and TV that people as old as their 30s do. Like rap for example.
 
#2 ·
I was born in 1989 but I have been working full time in IT since I turned 18. I also went to college and worked full time. I completed my bachelor's in 2.5 years. I took the express route to adulthood so I don't really even relate to people my age. While they are getting their entry level positions with large student loans, I am in a mid-career level job with no student loans. Also in my experience in how things work, I have seen a lot more than most people my age. I can relate to people 5-10+ years older than me than people my age or younger.
 
#6 ·
Probably younger. I was in a Pokémon clan earlier this year and it has kids who were around 15 or 14 etc in it x__x found it easier to relate to them than anyone older though... consider how generally childish I am anyway <.<;;
 
#7 ·
Definitely older. I'm twenty-two and work in a high school. I don't understand 17 year-olds worth a damn. Always on their phones.. I guess it's worth saying that I found teenagers to be annoying even when I was one, though. The issues are just different now. For instance, I do not understand at ALL why anyone is interested in something like Instagram. I actually got into a semi-heated argument with some students about it, lol.

"It's just pictures of food."
"Yeah, but it's like, keeping a blog through pictures."
"Why wouldn't you just keep an actual blog?"
"Writing takes too much time!"
"Would you really write a blog entry describing your meal before you ate it?"

We went in circles forever..

No, I definitely understand people older than me much better. My mom has always been my best friend.. heh.
 
#9 ·
When I was younger, I related to people who were a bit older. Now I'd say 5 years younger is more relatable in terms of average "life stages". People 5 years older than me are mostly married and/or have kids. People 5 years younger are mostly still single/no kids, so it's easier to relate. I do have married friends, and they're great, but have a new set of concerns very different from mine.
 
#10 ·
I'd say I'm right smack in the middle. I am very good at compartmentalizing my life, so when I wanna party and have a good time I can relate to people up to 3 years younger than me. For work, I've mostly been around people that are twice (if not more) my age. My mentor, boss and long time friend is nearly twice my age, but we can sit for hours just shootin' the shit after a long recording session. I guess this doesn't really answer specifically if I would relate better to people 5 years +/-, but yeah I can pretty much relate to anybody, so long as I find them interesting and fun to be around.
 
#13 ·
Ever since I was a teenager I've always related to older people, I can't find myself relating to people much younger than myself, so definitely 5 years older is the age group I relate to :)
 
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#18 ·
5 (or more) years older. I've had two serious relationships in my life, one was when I was 19-20 and the guy was 23-24. My current one started when I was 20 (I'm 21 now) and my fiance is 10 years older than me. I get along with him and his friends, who are 5-10 years older than me, way better than most people my own age. I think I should have come of age in the 90s.
 
#19 ·
Five years younger. And that's what makes me Gen Y though I was born in the "shady" cusp area between 77 and 82, I still relate more to people born in the mid-80s than those born in the early-to-mid 70s.
 
#81 ·
I was born early 80's too. I can relate to older people right up until we talk about pop culture memories and it's all downhill from there. I didn't get online until my early teens, but I've been using computers since I was a small child. I don't remember music formats before CD's, my parents switched over to them pretty early. I don't know the famous people they're talking about. I got my first cellphone in my teens.

I'm definitely part of an overlap. Things haven't changed so dramatically since my mid-late teens. I experienced the changes as they were happening, but because we were doing these things, it was the norm.
 
#22 ·
Both. I spent my "peer pressure" years among older and wiser family members instead of the idiots who went to binge drink and thought they knew everything about life at 16 or 17. I can deal with anyone though regardless of age though.
 
#28 ·
I relate more with people 5-10 years younger than myself, since I remember more about the 90's than the 80's. (Born in '83) Having gone to college for quite a while, taking whatever courses interested me also may have affected that.. I was my '91 born cousin's best friend since he was a kid, and he introduced me to some of his own friends later in life.
 
#29 ·
Always seemed to relate more to older people - i was born in 1986. Even now, i have up to 5 years old younger people around me at work and i dont relate to them (at all, i can say). I can't understand them & their thinking ways, so i def cannot relate to younger people. Not even in my younger years - even back then, as a teenager or so, i prefered the company of older people.Maybe also because i also felt different and wiser for my age. Funny thing is that these younger people wanted me around, back then, but i didn't, cause they were annoying to me! hahaha
 
#30 ·
I was born in '96, 5 years older, definitely. It's kind of aggravating being lumped into the same description of teens who won't get off their phones or other electronic devices for a second without whining about not having them at their reach.

No, I don't like video games either. Nor do I listen to all that mainstream music of today. For some reason my generation and those after think that everything in the 90's is considered old. Makes me wonder what they think the 70's and 80's are....

The older kids seem to be much more relaxed and responsible, less immature and inane then the kids now. I share similar thoughts, opinions, and feelings with the older group as well. I feel like having a conversation with someone 5 years older than me would be much more interesting and engaging.
 
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