I HATTEEE my birthday and getting older and such (i am about to be 37), and my T is relatively open about herself and her birthday is actually...TODAY! (happy birthday T!), so when I start lamenting about my birthday in January, she brings hers up as well. She is 7 years older than me.

I was a little weirded out at first, thinking that an older T would best be able to help me (in terms of life experiences and being a T longer), but we relate really well for many reasons, and one of them is closer in age.