dali_ato [#45]
It might depend on the culture but still... If I try to compare my 13 y.o self to my 16 y.o self, there's really a HUGE difference in your personality and exposure in life. The 2-3 years difference might seem small, but I think that 13-14 yr olds are relatively innocent compared to 16 yr olds.
Where I'm from, 16 yrs old is approx. 10th/11th grade, and 13 yrs old is approx. 7th/8th grade. So yeah I would cringe at the thought of 7th/8th graders going out with 10th/11th graders.
I think because you live in a country where they "separate" school phases. One school for primary, one school for elementary, one for high school.
In some countries is one school for everything, so people kinda have contact with everyone older-younger, they chat, do sports, things like that together so yeah their personality didn't change that much I'd say.
At least when I was at high school I had many friends from other classes (younger than me) who always chatted with me, wanted to play soccer together, things like that.
As example, here, weeabos from high school even chill with elementary weeabos to talk about anime, things they like, etc. So they kinda grow up with same mentality and 1-2 years difference don't change that much.