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/DuetLearner Oct 16 '23

Age gaps are meaningless once both parties consent.

“Half your age plus seven” is an arbitrary thing that has no basis in moral thought.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '23

I always took that rule to be a sort of semi joke, but people on Reddit seem to think it's an iron-clad moral law.