Is age a factor

[Gealach]

when you are talking to people online?

I joined another forum (not on cafemom) for parents of children with conduct disorders and I am the minority because of my age. All the other parents are at least in their 40's.

I was getting some awesome advice and suggestions on books to check out. Until someone asked me how old I was. Then its was like I had the Internet herpes.

People became very condescending to me all of a sudden. :(

I subsequently deleted my account after I was told that my child was better of in the custody of the state because I was "ill equipped to deal with the challenges that arise from raising a child with behavior issues."

So would you care if you found out someone you had been chatting with was half your age?

[frndlyfn]

Nope .  I have had friends that were in their teens or preteens (with the parents permission of course) as well as I have friends twice my age i talk to.  As long as you conduct yourself maturely or age appropriately, I dont care about age.

[loylin]

Yikes, sounds pretty silly to me.  No, I wouldn't even ask someones age if it wasn't important to the topic. 

I'm not so sure what to think, we only have your side here, maybe something happened that was misunderstood on both sides. I really do hope it was a just a mistake, and someone miss read. 

If not, that's rough, it is a shame to miss out on a group of moms share a common issue because of an age difference.  Makes no sense to me. 

[Annett564]

Quoting frndlyfn:

Nope .  I have had friends that were in their teens or preteens (with the parents permission of course) as well as I have friends twice my age i talk to.  As long as you conduct yourself maturely or age appropriately, I dont care about age.

[endurablemist]

Age is never an issue to me when it comes to friends online, or in my everyday life. I have friends from 18-73, I might not have as much in common with some of them, but we still have fun when we are together!

[Cindy18]

 I don't care as long as you are an adult and can act like one. I've always been drawn more to the personality of someone than anything else.

That chat room sounds awful!

[wakymom]

Age doesn't bother me. As long as we have something in common and get along, I'm willing to be friends w/ people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jen113000]

Age does not matter to me if we have things in common. I am 27 and I have friends in their early and late 40's. It means nothing to me or them. It's just a number.

[vermontmoms]

Nope...I am pushing 36 and some people on here are in their early 20s...age doesn't matter to me.

[BMW0508]

well, half my age is 15 so that would be a lil strange. But really i wouldnt act like that. No way! That was incredibly wrong of them! Im sorry that happened to you. Thats messed up and shows that you are actually more mature than they are!!!

[JustaSM231]

I don't think age has anything to do with chatting or with raising children.  I have known some very young adults who are amazing parents, and some older adults who are not very great at parenting.  I think it's a maturity issue.  It wouldn't bother me at all.  I get parenting advise from some friend's in their 20's and from some people old enough to be my parent (I'm in my late 30's).  I think that group sounded very silly.  Sorry for that immature experience.  Hope you like CafeMom better!