We met like four years ago and have gotten to know each other since then. We talk about our lives, work, struggles, relationships, video games, music, et cetera. Sometimes, though, I feel like this friendship shouldn’t exist because people may find it strange that I am friends with someone 14 years older than me. What do you think?
This is a human man and not a Macaw or Elephant, right? Yes of course it is normal, or at least I hope it is normal. He’s not some big eyed alien with four heads. Older people are nearer to you that you may like. My own age is basically in the middle of you two and I would like to think who I am as a person would be similar in 5 years time. I have had relationships with people older and younger than me. I cannot say I am peers with those people, but I can say we had a positive relationship. Your direct peer group is not equal to your only possible friend group. There will always be some strange disconnects with intergenerational relationships, but that is also an opportunity to learn.
You are both normal human people.