I’m 20 and probably wouldn’t date anyone over 39 or under 18-19. If i date someone who is 18, they also can’t be barely 18, they have to have been 18 for a while so birthday is important if they’re 18.

my current girlfriend is 19 x3

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    I’m 9 years older than my kid sister. We had an agreement, she doesn’t date anyone older than me and I don’t date anyone younger than her.

    We both married people in that range.

    Internet Creepieness Rule:

    Your age / 2 + 7 is the low end limit.

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      This.

      I strayed from this formula by 1 year once (I was 38, she was 25), and there was this strange generational gap where we just had completely different interests, we didn’t get each others’ references, and things fizzled pretty quickly.

      Anyone else I’ve dated has been within this formula and we’ve gotten a long quite well. If they’re below this number for you, or you’re below this number for them, even by a little bit, it’ll get weird and you’ll run out of things to talk about pretty quickly.

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        I’m 38 and can’t imagine dating a 26 year old. The woman I’m currently seeing is my same age and it’s great.

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          Yeah, the farther away you get from your own age, the harder it gets to find a relationship that works for you. However, straying from that formula, even a little bit, seems to be a guaranteed breakdown point.

          The woman I’m seeing now is three years younger than me, and we work incredibly well together. Gonna keep this one, I think 😝

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    I’m 43 and if someone over 35 wants to date you it’s a pedophile

    I feel like ±5 is appropriate until 35. After 35 you can’t get lower but you can get as higher as you want

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      if someone over 35 wants to date you it’s a pedophile

      No…words have definitions for a reason. Pedophiles go after prepubescent children, not 20 year olds who are most certainly postpubes ent. It may not be ‘normal’ or viewed highly by people, but it’s not pedophilia.

      Also it’s super weird to think 35 and 105 is cool to you, but 35 and 34 if no go territory.

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        a 20 yo is almost a teen, a 35 yo is someone that have lived and it’s not so easy to influence. A 35 with a 105 is weird but we all know both are aware of whats happening, if a 40 is after a 20 it’s because he likes them young and I don’t doubt it would go even lower.

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          Agree. Someone well into adulthood with a preference for dating people right at the border of adolescence is a massive red flag. It may be legal but flying as close to that line as society will allow suggests a more predatory nature.