the truth about age.

When I was growing up, I will never forget this one girl who I rode the bus with everyday. Stacey lived in my neighborhood...and because she was a year above me in school....she was, like, really cool.

 For years we would save eachother seats, share leftover snacks, and giggle  when anyone smelly or weird looking came on the bus. If anyone taught me how to be a mean girl, it was Stacey.

So you can imagine how obvious it would be for me to think that we were really good friends, right? Well yeah...I was wrong. We apparently weren't friends. Accidentally, I overheard Stacey talking with her friends when my name came up.

" She's my bus friend...but she's not my real friend, because she's younger than me."

This was the first time I ever thought about the relevance of age.

Does age matter? Is it weird to have friends that aren't your age? What about a dating someone a lot younger? Or dating something much much older? 

Throughout the years, the idea of age has become less of a big deal..and I have figured that age doesn't have to matter, but it could matter. It is the vehicle by which we experience common milestones in life, and since humans aren't fixed timelines, a simple number is unequivocal to one's respected age. Some of us mature ridiculously young, while others take the Ferris Bueller route in life.

Based on the priorities we create, we fit certain people into our lives. I guess if two people find one another, and are at complementary places in their life--- who cares if one is in a walker and the other is doing body shots on a Tuesday night?

I for sure don't. But that bitch Stacey might.
(btw, she went on to being such a loser in high school.) 

Here is a list of some of my favorite and inappropriate age difference couples: 

Anna Nicole & her inheritance. Age Difference: 275 years.

Demi & Ashton. She developed a serious image disorder to keep up with his youth, and he decided to bang her much more age appropriate daughter, Rumer. Ok kidding. Age Difference: 16 years

Katie and Tom. Yeah, her contract was up. That is all. Age difference: 16 years

Good for Hef and Krystal. I think this one is solid. She's a slore, and he's just trying to stare at a nice pair of twins before he croaks.  Age difference: only 60 years.

Madonna and her son back-up dancer bf, Jesus.  All around wrong. Age difference: 29 years.

Woody Allen & his daughter. Oh, wait. His ex's daughter. It's a good thing he makes great movies, because this is some sick shit. Age difference: irrelevant.

Scarlette and Mr. Penn. Eh...I'm bored. Age difference: 24 years

"college girls wear less makeup on their face, and that is why guys like them more."