Age doesn't matter. This is not about love. That cliche is also relevant when it comes to friendship. I'm the eldest in the group but we got along so well.

I've known these people for a long time especially my sister, ofcourse! And the rest were my fellows from the church back then. I remember when I was still active in the church, I was one of the leaders of the Youth Ministry and these people were one of our subordinates back then. By the way, they are all musically inclined so they are my batch's descendants in the Music Ministry, too! We've known each other for quite some time now but we never got that close unlike today. 

This group began when my sister and some of the squad have been spending slumber parties at our place. There was this one night (a day off from work) where I invited them over for a movie (moviessss, I meant) and then it never stopped since then. It happened more often when I took a month-long vacation leave from work. My friends have been too busy with their personal lives so we seldom go out lately. But thankfully, I got a squad now who can keep up with me and can get along with my shenanigans as well.

We never had a dull moment together; we were always so loud and spontaneous! There was even an instance when we've been spending consistent slumber parties for one whole week! And that's how we came up with the squad's name, 'Team Clingy', because we can't just get enough of the time we've been spending together (may it be a week-long already!)

We all clicked because we all love movies, may it be a bad film or an award-winning one. But we prefer horror movies. We enjoy feeling thrilled and breathless when watching horror movies; that kind of excitement is our common denominator! There are times when we'll feel too disturbed about the movie that we've just watched; that excruciating feeling which may haunt us til bed time. So to lessen the tension, we'll watch a comedy or an animated film afterward. The squad has been together for a few months now and we're running out of good horror films to watch. LOL!

More details about the squad:

We have our "Runners" in the squad and they're the ones who were assigned to buy foods and drinks from the nearest convenient store. We have a "Chef" in the squad as well who cooks us his best dishes and midnight snacks. We also have our "Audio and Visual Technician" in the group who fixes the TV, speakers, laptop and even the internet connection when it starts acting up; he's too tech savvy that he's assigned in searching which website we could watch movies from (from downloading movies to watching via online streaming.) We even have our "Boss" slash "Financer" in the team who shells out more for the squad but there are times when everyone willingly gives out so we can have even shares for our expenses. The rest are the "Assistants" who volunteers to make us coffee while waiting for the others to come over and mostly were assisting our "Chef" in the kitchen. 

And oh! We have one more member from the squad! He is always active in the group chat, especially when he loved the topic. But he never showed up after Day 1 of slumber party (which I am not part of yet). He was so busy at work that he's already making us feel unwanted. Kidding aside, we love you and we are really hoping that you'll show up soon!

In just a span of two months, we' were able to have this tight bond of friendship. We don't spend nights together just for movies and slumber parties nor to spare our time together. We spent more nights together because we started feeling the need of each other's presence; that comfort and joy that everyone can feel when we're together. We started sharing our personal stories to each other. We even shared problems and struggles together. We turned into a family. 

What am I up for in sharing our story? It ain't just about plainly sharing a part of what is happening in my present life. This is about the beauty of being able to learn how to get along with younger people and learning from them, too!

I am not the type of person who's fond of getting along with someone younger than me. I've always believed that when I talk to someone younger me, all I got to do is to listen to them because they need that type of affection, acceptance and they are soliciting for an advice, too. 

I love getting along with people who are older than I do. I love listening to what life has already taught them; how years of living in this world made them who they are now; how they define failure and success; and the list could go on. Older people have lesser dramas in life, too.

I also prefer getting along with people of same age as I do. We usually share similar burdens in life, career issues and life goals. People of my age usually have same taste in travel, hobbies, and conversations were more in-depth and interesting. 

But I was wrong. I never realized what it feels like to be with those who were five years younger than me (or even a chance to have this tight type of friendship.)

This experience taught me a lot: It is never always about the age to get to measure one's wisdom and maturity. Again, never always. 

Age has been correlated with experience. We've had that understanding for generations now. But there will be times that even a 7-year old kid can make us realize something better than a 30-year old could. It happens! Older people may be able to give us better insights, but we should never disregard that we can learn something from the younger ones, too. Thankfully, I got the chance to recreate a new principle in life because of this squad.

Always be welcoming to the new experiences that life is giving us. There's more to it than you can ever imagine. Bounce!