age gaps in relationships

[ChickenFaces]

It sounds kind of strange when people in their twenties are dating teenagers, but it's not as bad as everyone gets to their late twenties and thirties.

[KyoraStryker]

The rule is:

( Older Person's Age X 0.5 ) + 7 = Min. Acceptable Age.

Also known as the Meatball rule. The gap gets progressively larger as your age increases, due to the +7 part being a constant. It's perfectly acceptable for teens and young adults; say someone is 18. Half of 18 is nine; add seven and you get 16. Therefore, the minimum age for the 18-year old would be 16.

Consequentially, a 60-year old dating someone who's 37 is acceptable, according to the rule. On a side note (and a little bit of personal information), my dad was 62 when I was born. No lies; my mother had a thing for older men, and she was quite young when she gave birth to me.

In the end, it's all in the eye of the beholder. The socially accepted norm is that you date someone within your age group, although said groups are not definitive. In adulthood, a larger age gap is more acceptable than in teenage-hood, especially if someone who technically falls into the "adulthood" group is dating someone who isn't quite there yet.

[Alex3213]

It sounds kind of strange when people in their twenties are dating teenagers, but it's not as bad as everyone gets to their late twenties and thirties.

Yeah exactly I agree with this tbh. I think you gotta look at the future (kk that is the one time I will ever say that, you can't predict the future and you shouldn't make it rather than fate doing so) and just think "hmmmm, kk so when I'm 38 he'll be..." then whatever age he is (LOL that's short term memory for you). It'll probably actually not feel that bad! A lot of couples have relatively large or at least "bigger" age gaps- it's no problem. I say it doesn't matter, however the question is if you are ready for it.