Current Events > Is it creepy for a 33 years old to date a 24 years old?

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Remind us of the age difference of the guy railing the girl you like. That relationship you posted about sabotaging because you didn't think it was right. Any updates on that situation, btw?

I won't lie, even though the majority votes no. I am still surprised my the amount of yes.

I have seen on female datinf strategy

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This one isn't even in the potential realm of creepy. Like this is a very normal age gap.

Seems a bit creepy to me. But my cousin is engaged to a guy she started dating when she was 33 or 34 and he was 24 or 25 and it was only a little awkward for them. I think in your mid 20s it starts to become less of an issue because youre more likely to be finished with school and have something of a career started. By like 27 or so I dont think age gaps make much of a difference unless theres a significant power imbalance elsewhere in the relationship.

And if we are being honest thats actually the whole point of age gaps being weird - at a certain point there is an implied if not guaranteed imbalance of power that makes the relationship icky.

Oh god that discourse contaminated gamefaqs. I went back in college in my late 20s. My ex was the same age. Technically the power imbalance existed despite us being almost exact same age and yes it negatively affected me as he was a compulsive and manipulative liar. Power imbalances exist in every relationships. Do not conflict power imbalance and abuse of power. I got ADHD. Technically speaking someone who don't have a power imbalance over me due to more coherent and linear thinking.

By the logic of power imbalance a woman in a wheelchair should only date a person in a wheelchair that cannot walk.

In this age gap the younger person is always looking for financial stability and the older person is looking for someone who isn't used up, but it's not creepy

Calm the fuck down lol. I said that the problem is when there is a significant power imbalance. A woman in a wheelchair can have other power elsewhere in a relationship, a disability doesnt solely define a persons entire life.

They are still together despite the predatory power dynamic and I have seen on female datinf strategy that age gaps bigger than 5 years were wrong so I know it's just waiting to go into a disaster

Wrong

Well, what's your opinion?

Well, what's your opinion?

Probably that relationships can actually involve some degree of emotion lol. Your outlook is pessimistic as hell and makes people out to be emotionaless drones

The things that a 24 year old person and a 33 year old person enjoy are likely to be vastly different. It would be difficult for the social circle of the average 24 year old to blend in with the social circle of a 33 year old and vice versa.

Let's just assume for the topic that the 33 year old is a man, and the 24 year old is a woman. The only reason the man is looking for a younger woman is because they're more beautiful than their older counterparts and if a guy can marry a woman who is 9 years younger than him, she will still be beautiful when he's 45 and he's winning at life.

And a young woman, probably just out of college with debt, would only benefit from being with the mysterious older man who has had more time to acquire wealth and probably has a house already. If she can just join into his life, always be with a more mature man than her friends, she's winning at life. It's that simple.

Do people like this love each other? Sure, but it's silly to pretend that the conditions for these relationships don't exist. People just don't like to hear about because they feel like it invalidates their feelings.

Sounds like you lack a decent number of friends. I am 44 and my gf is 29. We were friends for 3 years first because we were in the same social circle. My good friends range from about 24 to 54.

I can't imagine a 33 year old coming into my (23-26) social circle and it not feeling out of place

I can't imagine a 33 year old coming into my (23-26) social circle and it not feeling out of place

A 24 year old man with everything going for him would never seriously be involved with a 33 year old woman who works a dead end job and lives in a shitty apartment complex, for example. It's just not a choice people make when they have options

I know plenty of people in the 23-40 range. Is this an american thing that you somehow have to interact only with people your age? I went to plenty of parties qhere the range varies between 22 and 38

33yos play 20-somethings on tv/ movies all the time, they're basically the same age range, what makes it remotely creepy

I know plenty of people in the 23-40 range. Is this an american thing that you somehow have to interact only with people your age? I went to plenty of parties qhere the range varies between 22 and 38

I feel like there's certain people that have been in Covid isolation way too long and have no idea how society works, but I do always forget this is a forum of virgins and NEETs. The way some of you talk, it's like a 24 year old is still playing with Barbie's and dreaming of being an astronaut and the 33 year old is at the life stage of sipping 100 year old wine and watching artsy French films.

"They're going to enjoy vastly different things" Bitch, no they're not, they're gonna watch Spider-Man together and play Halo and eat at restaurants like every normal person of every age.