• Jaycifer@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    The common wisdom (at least in the US college I attended) for the youngest acceptable age gap for a person is to halve their age then add 7 years. So for a 24 year old, 19 is as young as their partner can acceptably be in a relationship.

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      2 days ago

      I haven’t personally heard this math, and I think it’s ick and prudish personally. But you’re taking a risk getting into a relationship with someone under 25. She FAFO lol

    • Techno-rat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      Common wisdom my ass. Its stupid is what it is. Relationships are always more complex than a math formula with one variable…

      edit: sry for the crashout. I just really dont vibe with that type of oversimplification, but that doesn’t have anything to do with you. My bad.

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        Well, it’s the minimum socially acceptable age.

        A 38 year old dating a 26 year old? I don’t think there’s anything socially unacceptable about that.

        25 though? Well I should just call Chris Hansen right now.