All my relatives tend to live longer than the average insurance acturarial tables, lol.
Anyhow, I still have experienced ten years of life more than them. In fact, 27's and up usually assume I'm younger than them. Instead of hanging out with thirty-somethings, I hang out more with twenty-somethings, and unless I tell them, they don't even know I'm older. Thus, in my mind, I get along better with people 10 years younger, and like to do the things they do.
My maturation is much slower than average. Basically when I encounter people my age, they look much older and act much older than me. I think of it like this I myself, look about ten years younger than I am physically. Gygax apparently agreed with you that it should not, eh? smile I love Gygax, may he rest in peace. Also note, the above age progression does not parallel human in direct ratio. As soon as I can find other examples, I will post them, or if others do, they should as well.
wink The above age progression is merely the AD&D 1st edition one. Elves will seem aloof to what they would consider the petty temporal concerns of the shorter lived races they have all the time in the world. Elves will take their time in my opinion when approaching anything they wish to master, whereas humans will tackle some career objective quickly and take the bull by the horns in comparison. Their much longer life span means that they are going to have less of a sense of "urgency" in accomplishing anything significant as well. Yeah, basically, elves would mature intellectually rather rapidly, however, their "emotional indpendance" which we equate with maturity might very well be affected by their slower physical maturation, thus, making them "kids" in the dependant sense of the word until they were physically grown enough. I agree with you entirely Romanov, and I like your perspective on it.
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