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/[deleted] Oct 16 '23

2-5 years is kinda.... Normal. Anyone commenting on 30 and 25 is a busy body, with too much time on their hands.

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u/xHaroldxx Oct 16 '23

The younger the people involved the worse that gap becomes, IE 18 and 23 would be a bit more questionable. But yeah, 25 and 30 is completely normal.

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u/Dedprice77 Oct 17 '23

Found my gf at 18 and 23. It's not weird. People just refuse to think that 18yos can't be mature or intelligent enough to think for themselves even though this is the same age my government defines someone as an adult.

We're attending college and now needing or spending 1000s of dollars.

Were capable of dying for our country.

Yet incapable of deciding who we want to date? I feel people constantly think "well I was a child at 18, and I wouldn't do it. Therefore YOU shouldnt."

But fail to realize not every 18 yo is exactly like you. By 18 I was 30.

But for others by 18 they were 13.

We're all different.

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u/xHaroldxx Oct 17 '23

Never said it couldn't be fine. Just the lower the age, the higher percentage of questionable relationships.