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Half your age +7 should be the actual and enforced law across society
Vibe check on a 30yo and 22yo relationship?
It passes, but certain conditions could ruin the vibe. As in, what was the context of you meeting, then dating. The older partner should also try to be aware of how their age and experience could unintentionally give them power over the younger partner.
Is this considered problematic in the US? It’s pretty common in my area.
That’s not a relationships that is a pokemon trainer. So long as they are learning new movies and leveling up it is okay.
learning new movies
Trainer: ok Penelope today we’re watching godfather part 3
Penelope: Penelope! Penelope!
I think half age +7 is pretty fucked up if you’re 100. That 57 year old is not your girlfriend. she’s your nurse.
I disagree. Age gaps matter up to 25 from that point onwards do whatever the fuck you want, I do not care if you are dating a 60 year old at 25 whether or not the rule is 37. That’s a stupid rule.
Before 25? Sure it works fine. It doesn’t matter afterwards.
The acceptable age gap is half your age plus 7.
I love how people just took this entirely arbitrary made up rule and said “yes this is an absolute moral law and you are ontologically evil predator man if you break it”. Its so silly to me.
nobody thinks this it’s just a general idea people made up, imo it’s too strict for older ages and not strict enough for younger ages. a lot of is common sense, like a 30 yo and a 20 yo is objectively creepy
edit: usually objectively creepy
Thats about the age gap between me and one of my two my girlfriends (the other is much closer to my age). I’m autistic so I relate better to people younger than me and am developmentally delayed “maturity” wise. And I dont have a career or family or anything so I’m not in a significantly different “life stage” than her. Ive been very careful to be sure there’s no power dynamic issues between us and I’m confident there isn’t.
Idk, I’m against hard and fast rules, I agree that large age gaps between adults CAN have problems I just dont think they automatically do, and I think at some point we need to respect the agency of the young adult and stop infantilizing them. My girlfriend gets seriously personally offended by these conversations.
