Being a mature student of 29 who has student friends of under 19....

Ah, page one of the Paedos' Handbook.

Just my thoughts on what it's like being a mature student nearly hitting 30 being friends with students who are 19 and under...

Being a typical scouser, I'm bubbly, often crack a joke and mega friendly so meeting new students wasn't a problem for me because I usually break the ice first. The last 4 months I have developed a number of friendships with students who are 10 years younger than me plus one who is just turned 25. They are all from different parts of the country so straight away, there is a difference in types of humour. They probably laugh more at me (in a nice way because im always cracking jokes) than I do at their own attempted humour although one of the girls is Irish and we hit it off quite well and I think that's because of the irish-scouse history connection. Whilst I do equally think highly of them all, there are times where I really love being around my friends near my own age. Like, topics about sex, relationships, problems at work ......these are topics that most people aged 19 have never had experience of so it kind of limits the conversation at times. Plus, what they find highly amusing (like it could be really silly to us old farts) is MEGA hilarious to them and i'll sit there and just don't get it because well, I'm not their age am I? lol

It is refreshing at times to be with girls who are alot younger than me because they make me feel young at times and they've got a very carefree approach about life unlike myself who has experienced alot of stress and **** since I was 16, hahah, so at times I feel like i'm too serious in my conversation content, BUT, it would not be considered too serious with my friends who are my own age or older.... Then there's going to clubs/bars where it's mostly kids - i'm lucky upto now because we've been to bars and clubs where there is a good mixture of ages, but i've yet to go to the clubs where I KNOW it's going to be mostly 18/19 year olds and I know my student friends want to go there soon. LOL. I remember before I started Uni I was over anxious about meeting new friends at uni because it's such a massive experience for anyone, particularly mature students over the age of 28. I am the only student over the age of 20 in all my tutorials/lectures and most of the time it doesn't bother me in the slightest because im young at heart myself but I have to say that at times I do wish I would meet other mature students around my own age.