• Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Exactly! Why the fuck would anyone want to date someone that much younger than them? I will never understand why so many men want to date girl so young.

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      A friend of friend I’ve met a couple times is into me. They’re 23 and I’m 30 and I still don’t have an interest. They’re perfectly nice, but…

      I think after 28-30 it starts to really not matter that much but before that even smallish gaps can be pretty questionable. And any dude that would consider someone their age to be a “hag” probably largely dates younger because mature, experienced women can tell they’re really just garbage man-children.

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        Oh 100%. I knew a guy that was my age, that was always trying to date younger, because no women our age would deal with his bullshit. So… I guess I do understand, huh.

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        For real. When I was 24, I dated a 19 year old for like two weeks. They were really nice and interesting, but ultimately the age gap proved to make a relationship unviable. I can’t even imagine a nine year gap at that age. Gross.

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        really just garbage man-children

        It’s a green-text, we knew that from the get-go

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          Yes, but even people who don’t go online much, even people I actually do care about in my own life, still fall into that category. The people I care about tend to be much nicer and wouldn’t call someone a hag but they do lack a certain level of maturity. Green-text makes it near certain but it’s a “not all rectangles are squares” situation.

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    As an adult for most dating your peers is preferable to dating younger adults. I don’t want to hear “So what was the gas crisis like?” on a date ever again (IDK what it was like I was 3).

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      Love that we’re making imaginary [gen-z/gen alpha/gen whatever the hell arbitrary title] the same way our parents and grandparents made imaginary millennials to get mad at.

      The Silent Generation called their kids “Generation Me”

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    > be me 34
    > decide to look for a hag around my age
    > most of them have at least one kid, usually the annoying kind, and only see you as a babysitter
    > same ones are also super focused on their kids, no hobbies, no interests, no life
    > most of them seem to be super conservative
    > some of them are so bigoted they can only talk about "those people"
    > finally found someone who's bearable for more than 20 minutes
    > never mind, she's alcoholic
    > finally found someone not alcoholic and is bearable for even more time
    > never mind, she's both 300+km away and also married
    How do I find hot singles on the fediverse? I'm not reinstalling Tinder!
    
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      I tried that with Reddit. Parents cockblocked me. Had nothing but my missed life to think about in the meantime, so my mental health slips, and I ask who besides Serial killers and rapists deserves to die (looking for a description of myself in the answers).

      Implying someone’s life is worth more than others is a big no no on Reddit.

      Get permabanned for inciting violence.

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        Nothing but your missed life? You can live a lot of life without a romantic partner, as much I very much understand it can still feel lonely at times.

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    And now you understand why older men dating young girls is creepy, even if legal.

    They have nothing in common. There’s no way. It’s pure physical attraction above all else.

    Edit: Seemingly a lot of older people down voting this are in denial about how much they have in common with some 18 year old girl/guy as a romantic partner. You understand you’re not fooling anyone, right? Not even other people like you. Underneath, you all know what you’re about.

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      Or both sides like to learn from each other and grow towards each other over time?

      There are worse reasons why an extreme age gap is seen as creepy, “not knowing each others interests” is not one of them.

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      I’m 54 and most of the people I know are in their early 20s. We get along great and have plenty to talk about.

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        Yeah, I’m in my mid 30’s and my best friend is nearing 50. His oldest child is the same age as my younger brother. Believe it or not, people can have common interests that aren’t entirely reliant on their age.

        Though I will say that age becomes less relevant as you get older… A 29 year old dating a 19 year old is pretty universally creepy, but few people would say the same about a 49 year old dating a 39 year old. Same age gap, but it’s assumed that the 39 year old has enough life experience to actually make their own decisions. Even in my mid-20’s, I was looking at 19 year olds as if they were literal children. There’s a lot of maturing that happens in the late teens and early 20’s.

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          You mean in the late 20’s and early 30’s. Not a lot of maturing until 25.

          Edit: this assumes middle-european living and cultural conditions.

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            That depends on a lot of factors, e.g. whether they go to college or start working or doing trades directly after highschool.

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              The age it lands on is always the grey area age. If youre 19 dating someone 16.5 thats weird but 17.5 most wouldn’t bat an eye at.

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        Sure, but there’s a difference between hanging out with some 20 year olds, and being romantically involved with them.

        The latter requires a hell of a lot of maturity and being in a similar place in life to deal with things life throws at you. The former just requires laughing at some meme together you both find funny.

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          Agreed! But we had solid conversations, deep and involved. I was astonished at how mature and educated they were, forgot what I was like at that age.

          I’ve found papers I wrote for school in my teens, thought, “Oh boy, this is gonna be some bullshit.” Read them and was surprised at my understanding of the world!

          Guess my point is, I will never undersell the youth, not ever again. Dating someone half my age, meh, can’t really see it, but I do see it as possible for some.

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        You don’t date though. A lot of people I know are young. Who else tf you going to meet nowadays.

        Though I’d date 25+, screw 22+, not younger.

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          Meh, I won’t put strict age limits on sex. Relationships? I can guess what would and wouldn’t work for me, but the world is a big place and people are wildly variable.

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    I dated a 19 year old at 22 and even in that relatively minor gap there was palpable divide in mindset and priorities. I was looking to start a career and get my life established. She graduated high school a few month prior to turning 19 and just wanted to get high and watch musicals.

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      Maybe she was rich and could stay high and watch musicals for the rest of her life. What a lucky girl she was.

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      That’s the mindset of plenty of people at 25 or 30 even. I think personal development/priorities are to blame more so than the age gap

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      I was barely 23 and am currently dating the same girl I met who was 19. (Its about to be 2 years woo!)

      I had just gotten out of military so most girls in my classes were 3-4 years younger and I wasn’t interested in dating (I like women a bit older than me) but she wreckingballed into my life because she saw something she wanted and actively attempted to get it.

      This is the best relationship I’ve ever had but I won’t deny that sometimes the response I get to something serious and wanting to plan ahead is met by my partner suggesting I move into the city (alone) to be closer just so she knows what it’s like to have a boyfriend in the city.

      Her focuses right now are being young and getting her excitement now before she has to square away. She used to think everyone has a stoner era and that was just what people did, so she was surprised how anti-drug/vice I was. The mental divide is definitely something I would warn people about when dating with age differences.

      I dont understand the guys that date fresh 18 year olds in their near 30’s, I know its legal but I genuinely dont understand what a 30 year old would find so interesting about an 18 year old other than just trying to bang/control them.

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        In our modern world, i often forget that some guys like to date older too. I have a crush on a guy a couple years younger than me and have just kind of not done anything because we are coworkers and I fear he’ll reject me for who i am, but thanks for the reminder

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    I date/have sex with who I’m physically attracted to. Otherwise I’m OK if we just stay (non-sexual) friends. Us having stuff in common doesn’t make me horny for them or want to romance them.

    If we have nothing in common because of an age gap, then the sexual relationship becomes a reason to learn about them. As long as we agree with each other on politics.

    That said I have no expectations, admittedly atm all I’ve been getting is one night stands every once in a while and I’d like deeper relationships (I’m poly). But fuck maybe I just wont get one. shrugs I’ll just keep trying until I get one.

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      I’ll just keep trying until I get one.

      Literally all you can ever do.

      That said, I never really got one-night stands as a thing. If I connected with someone enough for sex, I was typically getting along well enough for friendship.

      Had three relationships that ran 2-5 years each before I got married, with a smattering of dating and perennial party girl friends in between.

      But it’s so weird to want to hook up, then never see that person again.

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    The brainrot is real, even with “old hags”. My ex was 3 years younger than me, but she was an avid tiktok scroller. I was often being shown and taught about new “memes” that everyone promptly forgot about by the next week.

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    people both younger and older than me talk like this and I just want to go anywhere else every time I hear it

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    I once made the mistake of dating someone 12 years younger than me (she was 25). Man, what a mistake, nevermind the cultural differences, her emotional maturity was…intolerable, and this from a person I’d considered a friend for a year already. It was the first and last time iv ever done that.

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    What does that mean ? mid fr fr ? doesn’t fr mean for real ?

    Mid must mean “underwhelming”

    And big mood ? that’s very obscure

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    OP doesn’t understand what cultural progression is. Of course different people gonna do stuff differently as time progresses, the class she was when you where in high school is just irrelevant.

    This is the case where op just has skill issue, and is stuck in the past like a boomer he is.

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      When you call someone born in the late 1990s a boomer though. It might be “hip” or “trendy” to do. But Boomers were born in the 50s man. Young kids calling adults from different generations “Boomers” just makes you sound like you didn’t pay attention in history class.

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        Language transforms. Where before boomer would be a word for the generation born during the babyboom, nowadays it’s used for old people who are unable to keep up with the times.

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          I mean I guess, but we have generations named for a reason. Calling everyone that’s old a boomer just makes you sound like you don’t know what you’re talking about IMO. To each their own I suppose.

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    I’m 34 dating a 25 year old myself. Which I checked, it passes the “Half your age plus 7” test

    (34 / 2 = 17 + 7 = 24) Sometimes I still feel weird about it though

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      Half plus seven is just a rough rule of thumb, that tries to capture some different concepts at play.

      Personally, I never liked dating across major life milestone ages like 22, college graduation. The mid 20’s are just an important phase in developing one’s personality and sense of self, and being outside of the school environment is an important transition to learn. So when I was 30 I had a hard cutoff at 25, as I didn’t want to be with anyone who still identified with being a recent college student.

      I felt like a very different person as between 18 and 22, and between 22 and 26. But 26 wasn’t that different from 30, and 30 to 35 only saw some slight changes. It’d be hypothetical because I was already in a committed relationship after 32 or so, but when I was 35 my cutoff probably would’ve been late 20’s, and when I was 40 my cutoff would’ve probably been around 30.

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      I’m just a bit older, but been there.

      I could never get past it though. I have a daughter too, and it really just takes one experience where they really remind you of your kid and… yeah, I don’t think I can do this y’all.

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      “My girlfriend did this test and I think its broken? Her minimum age is higher than her starting age”

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      @ 30 22 feels waaay too damn young. tf am I even gonna talk to this person about? I’m a decade in to a high stress high reliability industry. I’m starting to get Greg grey hairs! I make jokes about all the child rapists I met while working for the state! Too much happened in that 8 years between us. Too damn much.