I've gotten this vibe from the movie too. Like, Matilda is an adult in a child's body and maybe Miss Honey never really grew up all the way, so they're equals. Which I can totally understand and relate to; when I was a kid, I didn't like the company of most of the people my age, and I hung out with adults. I had a lot more in common with them. I was far more intelligent than the other kids my age and not at all interested in anything they were interested in. When I wasn't by myself - which I usually was - then I was hanging out with the adults. But I wouldn't classify myself as having been an adult in a child's body. And today, I feel almost the reverse (child in an adult body), but not quite. I don't fit in with any age group, really, and never have. Probably never will. So I make friends without really paying much attention to age; someone my age would normally have friends between the ages of 20 and 35, but my best friend is in her mid-50s and it's an equal relationship, though she has more experience and knowledge in many areas, but it still is like equals helping each other fill in each others' knowledge gaps.
I would befriend children with equal ease if not for the fact that the ones that actually have something in common with me make me extremely nervous; in this day and age it is far too dangerous for adults to befriend unrelated children despite the purest of intentions, so I avoid children despite the fact I would have loved to have had an adult friend like me growing up. It makes me sad to think that I could be enriching someone's life. Though I suppose I could always volunteer for Big Brothers, Big Sisters. Although I'm transgendered, so there's another complication.
Sorry to ramble, just spotted this entry whilst Googling and was moved to comment.
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Date: 2010-11-29 07:06 am (UTC)I would befriend children with equal ease if not for the fact that the ones that actually have something in common with me make me extremely nervous; in this day and age it is far too dangerous for adults to befriend unrelated children despite the purest of intentions, so I avoid children despite the fact I would have loved to have had an adult friend like me growing up. It makes me sad to think that I could be enriching someone's life. Though I suppose I could always volunteer for Big Brothers, Big Sisters. Although I'm transgendered, so there's another complication.
Sorry to ramble, just spotted this entry whilst Googling and was moved to comment.