22 y/o female dating 18 y/o male?

[Semicharmedkindalife]

Just that.
What are your thoughts on this?

if both consenting and no pressure either way then i woulndt give a shit tbh

i have an 18 year old son
i would find it icky and be worried about him

I'm just thinking most people would be fine if it was a 22 year old male and an 18 year old female. Just wondering what people's thoughts are if it's the other way around.

No issue at all.
Its four years 😞

Can't see the problem but then I started seeing an ex when he was 19 and I was 25, we lasted almost 3 years and it was a really nice relationship. It wasn't a scandal.

It’s difficult, I think I’d probably be a bit surprised if I knew a couple like this, but then my uncle was 18 when he met his wife, and she was 28. My grandparents were fine with it, they just fitted together. They married and planned to have children but unfortunately my uncle died after they had been together for 10 years. His wife says they would still be together now if fate hadn’t intervened.

Icky and worried? In what way sorry that sounds extreme. No one would bat an eyelid at a 22 yo man and 18 yo woman.

Not difficult at all, both adults and all fine unless we are now in a situation where childhood extends to 20+. Except where voting is concerned of course where the push is for 16 y/olds to get (can't think of the word) the right to vote.

@Reginald sorrry I didn’t mean I would find it difficult, I meant it’s a subject that has differing opinions. I would probably be surprised but purely because it’s not the norm, as in when I was growing up girls would always want to go for older guys, not because it would bother me in any way. Live and let live.

Can't see a problem.

Fine so long as there is no seniority issue

i would find it icky and be worried about him

Why on earth would you be worried. They're both adults and there's only a few years between them

DD1 is 23 almost 24 and her partner has only just turned 20. They've been together and happy for a year. What's the issue here? That the man has to be older? If so, how ridiculous.

I don't think of it as an issue tbh. I started going out with my boyfriend when he was 20 and I was 23 and we're still together 9 years later!

when i was 22 i met my then DP who was 18. i thought he was 21/22 and he thought i was 18/19 , so i guess looks-wise we matched. also we were similar in mentality etc, things i was doing at 17/18 he was doing at 14.

we were together 5 years

I would have thought it would be fine, she should help him grow up a little. "Icky" is a bit ridulous, Icky is a man with a woman young enough to be his daughter, or even grand daughter

My friend had a one night stand and fell pregnant, she was 27, thought he was 24, turned out he was only 19! They’ve been together 5 years now and have 2 little boys together. and are as happy as ever. He is so mature ( in fact probably more so than her) sometimes it just works

I was 19 and dh was 23 when we met. Never heard anyone refer to that as icky. Should they have? Or is it only boys that need to be treated as babies?

Sounds fine to me.

18 and 24? Why might there be an issue?

Oh 22! Certainly no issue! What on earth would anyone think there was?!

Oh god old crone taking advantage of that poor fresh faced prince

Seriously why would anyone even care about this. As long as they are lovely to each other that's all that matters.

My partners 3 years younger than me but in my experience no male is ever a grown up so it doesn't matter what the age gap if any.

These are the ages of me and my now husband when we got together - 23 happy years together and were still happy with two children and a good life together

I don't know why there's even a thread about this tbh

Can't believe you'd even ask, what is going on in your mind that makes you wonder whether there's anything wrong with this? Why would it be an issue? I genuinely don't understand the point of this thread.