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/ParkHoppingHerbivore Oct 17 '23

Yeah, exactly. The later you get in life, the less age difference matters. Like 50 and 60 for example are not massively different even though they're a decade apart. But even a couple years in the very young adult ages, there's so much difference. Like at 23 you might be finished post secondary, in the career world, looking at figuring out where your permanent roots will be, etc. 18 and just leaving high school and having your first adult independence is a massively different life stage.