tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20634500.post113820928193257436..comments2023-11-04T10:22:02.283-04:00Comments on The Speckled One: Lucky in many waysAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810743075458783724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20634500.post-1138268182757288662006-01-26T04:36:00.000-05:002006-01-26T04:36:00.000-05:00I can certainly relate to the idea of forming frie...I can certainly relate to the idea of forming friendships with people older than one's self. I was the same way growing up, prefering adult friends to other kids my age, starting about age 10. The problem is that when you get older, your older friends are now *very* old if even still alive!<BR/><BR/>I think that some people are drawn to experiences outside of their peer group. It can make growing up a bit difficult when suddenly circumstance requires one to relate to their own age group - and you find that you don't know how. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure "luck" has anything to do with it - it's just the way some people are, being drawn to people outside their peer group. It certainly makes life more interesting. But as for luck, I think that friendships come naturally when people have common interests and sensibilities. <BR/><BR/>Woody Allen believes that "luck" plays a large role in successful relationiships - he rejects ideas of "having to work at a relationships." For him, they either work or they don't.<BR/><BR/>But relationships are more complicated than friendships, so my feeling is that he may be right about "luck" playing some role in relationships, but as for friendships, I'm not sure if I would agree that luck plays any role whatsoever. <BR/><BR/>You may have been lucky in the way you were raised, you may have been lucky in terms of who your parents were, but I think that your ability to form friendships was your own doing - and not the work of luck. In a round-about way, this is meant to be... a compliment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com