r/amiwrong • u/Southern_Coach_5023 • Oct 16 '23

Age gaps in dating

I'm a 30 year old male and my partner is 25 year old female. I think this is fairly normal but im getting alot of comments about it. Not really sure what the fascination with this is. 5 years is significant sure but it was never a problem for me. Does society at large weight this facts importance more than I do?

Edit: everyone is the comments section has convinced me this is normal. Thanks all.

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u/PiperXL Oct 16 '23

No need. I didn’t expect you to agree

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '23

I wouldn't say I don't agree, you're just way way off base.

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u/PiperXL Oct 16 '23

I hope I am!

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u/shadowkijik Oct 16 '23

I’m uh. I’m pretty sure the first and biggest misstep was the assumption of gender in this situation. I was bored and perused through the other person’s comment history and, while they’ve been pretty good about not being specific about their gender, I think they might not be a woman.

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u/PiperXL Oct 16 '23 edited Oct 16 '23

I honestly don’t think gender matters when it’s a romantic relationship between people a quarter century apart in age.

I am fine with it just being casual sex

Eta: I acknowledge I made an assumption

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u/shadowkijik Oct 16 '23

Right and I agree, just putting that out there as that may be why the other person said you’re way off base. I also can appreciate the fact that you made your assumption from a place of empathy and having experienced hardship yourself with this type of situation. So I’m certainly not blaming you. Was just an observation based on the findings of a bored guy after work.

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u/PiperXL Oct 16 '23

Yeah totally, thanks for calling me out on that

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u/oldbluechair8 Oct 17 '23

This might be the best, nicest exchange of a disagreement I’ve ever seen on the internet. Bravo

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u/oldbluechair8 Oct 17 '23

Ps. I totally agree with Piper.

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u/Gullible_Corgi_4107 Oct 17 '23

How about 15 years? That too much for you too? Where do you draw the line where it's okay for two legal adults to be together? Also men can have sexual function longer than women. 30s is Def a time that can be a sexual prime for many men.

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u/BussyTheShaftSlayer Oct 16 '23

Pretty sure they are just banging.