I just found out that RyRy is the same age as my kid brother (Martin). And I've known for a while now that Mandee (and possibly Ashley if they are the same age) are the same age as my other (middle) brother (Ray).
Yet with Ry I'm perfectly comfortable chatting with her, even though I look at Martin's friends/schoolmates as losers and his female schoolmates as .. well, something condescending. People who are Ray's age I look at and see somebody likely inexperienced and optimistic, which can be either something neutral or again, condescending. But I can talk smack with Mandee any time, and there's no (as far as I'm concerned) age difference.
SO
If you have siblings, how do you cope with mutually exclusive friends who are of their age? Do you see them as 'people who are like my sibling' or somehow see through that? What's up with this? Does it even go as far as dating, like if I were to insanely date somebody Ray's(Mandee's) age, would that be weird?
WTF?
*throws a sock at your mom*