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"The other day, I was sitting at a sushi bar with a guy I am dating. There was a giant shrimp head that was moving on a plate on the counter, and because of that spectacle, we struck up a conversation with the couple sitting next to us. They were in their 40s, very cool, extremely knowledgeable about sushi, and quite successful in their respective fields. The woman was even a fellow USC alumna.The shrimpy thing that started it all. The four of us drank together, ordered more sushi, and talked until midnight. We closed the place down! My guy and I emailed the couple the next day. Couldn&amp;#x27;t hurt. We are working on getting some &amp;amp;#8220;mixed-age friends.&amp;amp;#8221; There are definite benefits (haha, say that three times fast) to having friends who are both older and younger. Older friends can dispense relationship advice, career advice, and life advice. They could help you get a job or find a house. Younger friends allow you to be silly. As much as they might not have perspective, they can help you lighten up at times. Of course they tend to sweat the small stuff, but they also don&amp;amp;#8217;t worry about the big stuff&amp;amp;#8212;not like your contemporaries who talk about babies and family and mortgages or whathaveyou. Do you have mixed-age friends? Where did you meet them? Are they neighbors, mentors, friends of friends? What do you talk about? More Ways to Get Glamour: Take Our Survey and You Could Win an iTunes Gift Card! Hey Glamour fans, we need your advice. We want to know what&amp;amp;#8217;s important to you when it comes to Glamour and all things digital&amp;amp;#8212;what do you like most? What do you want to see more of? How and where do you want to read all that fun stuff? Please take our survey. As a special thank-you for sharing, you will be entered to win one of 45 iTunes gift cards for taking the survey! See rules for details. Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter! Add us to your iGoogle homepage. Photo: Jupiterimages "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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