[chryuop]

Weird thing is that I knew 僕 is used by young people, while 私 more by adult. So I started using mainly 私 since I am very close to 40 years old. In a couple of occasions I was told by native speakers that is sounded too "pompous" for me to use that word. Now I just use 僕...and I am always afraid to be too direct by using it (even tho MMM is right, it is easy to make conversations without using it).