why do people have such a problem with age gaps in relationships? guys my age are annoying and gross. why does it matter to anyone if i want an older man who can talk to me like i'm an actual human being? i cant ever talk about my bf to other girls because they'll get weird about his age. he isnt even that much older than me
Why do people have such a problem with age gaps in relationships? guys my age are annoying and gross...
it's because they think it's always abusive, but also because they think younger people are necessarily stupid and uninteresting
personally i can't bear most persons my age, they are generally incurious, set in their ways, and are starting to think they just know everything
also i never liked the "culture" of my generation, so there's nothing special about not sharing things to be nostalgic about or slang
because fat and ugly bitches are jealous
older men often have leverage due to life experience, income, and more past relationships. what could be your 3rd relationship with an older guy could be his 12th with a young woman. the implied power dynamic is what sets most people off, it takes time for them to come around
its just nice to have a conversation that doesnt devlove into meme-filled ironic shitposting. i feel like everyone my age always has these layers of irony obfuscating any true emotion because they think its cringe to care about things. my man is so genuine and earnest in everything he does it makes me want to cry, he's always calm and kind and listens to me and talks with me about whatever i want to talk about. i never felt heard in my entire life until he was there to hear me
i dont want to be reductive like that but i guess envy could be part of it
boys my age have been 100x more aggressive and and manipulative than he ever has. he's not perfect and sometimes there's things he'll bring up that i dont know but he always takes the time to explain things. i think its comforting to know he is experienced in relationships and he knows how to navigate things like that
uff yeah i see exactly what you mean with meme culture
being a decent conversationalist isn't just experience though, you can do it if you care and are taught—same with managing conflicts, i knew about it at 19 because i cared and read about it, and you'll find 60yo who are utterly abysmal about it
boys my age literally do not have functioning brains. idk how old you are now but i am 20 right now and the guys at my college literally act like toddlers. i cannot interact with them in any meaningful way, and they dont want to be interacted with in any meaningful way. it's like trying to teach a dog to write poetry, they literally dont have the capacity for what i am attracted to
nta but have you ever wondered if you might be part of the problem here and perhaps you are not "mature for your age" but instead merely working around the problem by acting out a parent-child dynamic with an older person rather than developing your interpersonal skills with a peer?
i dont think im mature for my age, those words never left my mouth and he's never said anything like that to me either. he just talks to me like im a human being. if boys my age could talk to me like im a human being then i would be more open to dating them but they dont
Go back. Not everything is one of your weird groomer fantasies. Sometimes people just have preferences. Farm your karma elsewhere.
with the way gen z men are treating women I genuinely think we'll be seeing a massive increase in the number of young women seeking relationships with older men.
gen z men are literally more sexist than their fucking grandfathers
people can have preferences but god forbid anyone try to figure out why, that's obviously just virtue signaling
hmm I wonder why
it's mostly just zoomer puritans that get worked up about that
who gives a fuck what some broccoli hair thinks?
EXACTLY they all fucking watch the most awful deranged shit that poisons their brain. i dont even have tiktok installed on my phone any more it was just so disturbing going on there and seeing the kind of shit people are viewing every day. growing up i thought my dad was sexist because he'd say things like "i wont do laundry, that's a woman's job" and all that but comparing that to people unironically using "foid" in real life its completely different. gen z men are literally evil my dad is just kinda dumb
thats a good point actually. its mostly people my age that get all upset about it? maybe it really is envy i dunno
Heyyy I kind of have broccoli hair and I'm just a subby little twink that likes to get pounded
already happening
take your estrogen
how old is this guy? if he's 25 and you're 20 it's nothing unusual, but the way you're talking about him and the reactions of the people around you, you're making it sound like he's a WW2 veteran on a pension
You know exactly what you were doing with the fuck ass "mature for your age" line, you corny fucking loser. And to say OP is "part of the problem" as if there is a problem in the first place. Go back.
I'm sorry you got molested but I think you need to realize this thread is not about you
thats the thing he's really not that much older than me. he's 29. i had to stop talking to a friend of mine because she called my boyfriend a groomer so often and tried to get me to dump him :( we met when i was 19 and he was 28 and i was the one who asked him to date me. he asked me if i was sure a bunch of times and said i deserve someone closer to my age. i wasnt fucking groomed i'm an adult making a decision for myself
randomly brings up molestation
Thanks for showing your hand, numb nuts. Go goon to your groomer fantasies somewhere else now, adults are speaking.
that's definitely getting up there in terms of age gap but it's not like fetish-tier weird, I assumed it was much more of a gap because of the reactions you were describing and your heavy use of the passive voice
not my problem, get therapy
hey zoomiekins. too honish to get a man? do you think your moralizing will funnel one away from someone else and to you?
:3
idk how old you are but its really bad at my age. people are really hateful and really quick to jump to conclusions. they dont even want to think about anything, they just want to put a label on it and end the conversation. oh he's [arbitrary number] years older than you? sorry sweaty you've been raped, hope that gets better for you. like hello i am a human with autonomy
Women, including trannies, LOVE policing other people's behavior
That's not even a misogynistic stance, this is a common occurrence. Pay attention to any conversation between women. What do they gossip about most? Other people's behavior
says retarded shit
gets called out
"not my problem!"
If you don't want shit, then don't start shit. Faggot.
Open your mouth, I need to fart.
Im kind in the exact opposite
Im a 32yo mtf going out with a 19yo boy and i told him it wasnt socially acceptable to date and he should meet girls his age
Later we both find out we liked each other and we miss such a beautiful opportunity, now we're just (fuck) friends
My male friends think its okay and support me
Sone of my female friends think its a bit weird but they support me anyways
nobody cares if you're both adults
i dont have anything against guys my age on principle, if i had ever met one that wasnt an asshole i would be open to dating them. it seems like maybe you found one that wasnt an asshole while i couldnt. i hope you two can find happiness together :)
but they do anon. i have been told to my fucking face by someone i thought was my friend that i was being groomed for someone i chose to pursue romantically. i have gotten weird looks and made fun of in person more times than i can count. people seem to care quite a bit.
you're at a transitional age where you have the formal autonomy of a full adult, but you're still somewhat subject to the social rules that apply to minors, context makes a big difference
for example, if you're in college and living independently, it's going to be seen as less sketchy than if you're living under the same roof as your parents. if you've never been out on your own, and your age starts with "1", and some guy with a house and car and a career is going after you, that's pretty weird. but if you're on campus and you met a grad student or something, it's unusual but most likely socially acceptable though it may trigger strong emotions like from your friend or the person who was sperging out at me earlier
zoomers care
it's debatable if their opinions mean anything though
I'm a hypocrite because I feel like a nonce if someone even a year younger likes me but only like guys at least 2 years older than me. 30+ is getting into weirdland for me but it depends on your vulnerability and the dynamic
i rent a condo with a roommate, i have a job and i go to college. strictly speaking i actually earn more money than he does right now (not for much longer though he just got a new position with a hefty raise). i can understand if i was a bummer NEET with no prospects in life going after a sugar daddy but that is really really not the case.
Preach sister
I'm 45, my gf is 24, we've been dating for 4 years and it's incredibly healthy and loving and supportive. We are an incredible match
dating mechanic that's been true for all of human history
CHECK OUT THIS CRAZY NEW THING GEN Z IS DOING!!
I legitimately dont know why or how this became such a big deal for zoomers and even some millennials I met
Is it kind of weird for a capable experienced adult to date a fresh adult whos sheltered? Yes it can be and it can be abusive but like they are fucking adults and they can make their own decisions.
If a young person is dating someone much older the most I would do is preach caution. Please be able to take care of yourself and draw an income if things fall through or get bad. Understand if you are relying on them financially you are setting yourself up for vulnerability later on
The worst part about this is that this kind of attitude makes young adults dating older more isolated, like OP describes losing friends over this. More isolated = more open to abuse. Absolutely crazy backwards morality
t. 32 and dating someone whos 36
I legitimately dont know why or how this became such a big deal for zoomers and even some millennials I met
zoomers are massive puritans
this is the truth. zoomers are even bigger prudes than their grandparents are. have never seen an entire generation of people be so utterly repulsed by anything having to do with sex or romance.
I legitimately dont know why or how this became such a big deal for zoomers and even some millennials I met
Yes you do.
It’s simply a way to minmax dopamine on social media.
Especially in left-leaning spaces, as the supply of things culturally agreed upon as bad in polite society has gone down, but demand for mob violence and public execution has stayed the same, we have little besides pedophilia/exploitation that we can use as a source of tokenized shame without needing to morally defend our statements.
You can’t call people trannies, fatties, weirdos, nerds, mentally ill, shut-ins, retards, ugly, gay, etc. without failing the purity test. Even incel and manlet are losing their acceptance. All you can do is call people pedos and nobody will speak up out of fear of also being called a pedo. Leaving you unchallenged to consume a delicious cocktail of neurochemicals that goes down smooth.
if that's true then why do so many gen z girls date older (25-35 y.o) guys?
they're gaining sentience, reading the room, and realizing they have to get the fuck out if they want any chance of happiness
Cuz every guy under 25 is trans, brown or a nazi
i think the problem is zoomzooms have completely killed any and all nuance, drowned beneath an ocean of social media brainrot. you're either a heckin cute n' valid acespec two-spirit transkin enbycore drug addict, or you're an actual literal nazi (who is a nazi to repress being trans). nobody is just themselves any more, merely a collection of labels that they can swap around with other hylics online
turns out committing every single thing you say to immortality in an electronic cloud makes people take each other’s words more seriously than they should. used to be you could say some edgy (funny) holocaust joke or something and would be forgotten in a couple days but now you’re a crypto fash alt right adjacent yada yada yada permabanned
sometimes all 3 at the same time
because younger guys are beyond fucked up mentally
there are no more nazis.
the card printer broke in 45.
not sure what you're seeing out there.
if it quacks like a duck mate
sure
precisely why I come here.
if it looks, sounds, and fucks like a broad, it's a broad!