the problem is people projecting their current self onto their past self. and being like ‘well i was stupid at 22’

yeah and when you are 60 you will think you were stupid at 40. that’s how life should work.

but you don’t get to generalize that for others. there are people who at 22 are vastly more matured and full of life experience than people in their 60s, because it’s mostly a matter of what you have been exposed to and things you have dealt with. Some folks like sheltered lives, others not so much.

I am in my 40s and I’m shocked how many 35+ year old adults are more sheltered and naive about life and relationships than I was at like 20.