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Age gap

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Drivingmenutsman · 23/09/2023 23:37

aibu to think this is ‘off’?

18 year old girl dating a 25 year old. She’s an undergrad, he’s a postgrad.

this is the sister of a friend btw. A friend I discussed this with thought I was being U but I don’t particularly.

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marshmallowfinder · 24/09/2023 14:17

GarlicGrace · 24/09/2023 01:33

They don't meet the standard threshold of "half his age plus seven years". That will happen in three years, when he's 28.

It's already quite a generous formula, invented by men to justify having much younger girlfriends! So this combo is way out of line.

Utter tripe. There is no such thing as this 'standard threshold.' They're both adults. People of different ages attract, not by confirming that they fit a 'formula'. Very damaging to suggest this kind of arbitrary crap.

noctu · 24/09/2023 14:28

I met my husband when I had just turned 19 and he was 25. 18 years later it seems to have worked out 😂

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