27M here. In another account, I responded to a Reddit post asking men what age range they desire, for dating.
I put, youngest: 5 years younger than I, and 10 years older than I as the limit. (I don’t want children, and I find older women attractive).
Multiple replies (I assume from women) stated that dating younger than 25, at 27, is predatory since she doesn’t have her life together.
I was downvoted to oblivion for responding that (paraphrasing), not only was I already into my career at 22, but they need to stop infantilizing themselves/other women. Either they’re strong and independent, or not, and they need to stop treating grown women like they’re less intelligent than men.
It makes me nervous for my potential dating. While I love older women (and prefer them), would I really be predatory if I date someone in her early 20s?
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Nta and its a fact that there is a good amount of women who want older men, and men wanting younger women.
You dating an 18yo would be icky for me. But someone a few years younger is nothing. Sounds like they are older then what you pick and they dont like it..
NTA. You’re not predatory when you’re interested in women between 5 years younger and 10 years older than you. The other way around would be a big problem.
NTA. Early 20’s as in 21+, in my opinion is fine.
Most people don’t respect women enough to let them choose who to date. The people who claim 22 years old women are weak or too stupid to make decisions are clearly women hating misogynists. You can’t listen to that and you should literally call it out as misogyny; dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women: they literally admitted to their prejudices against women
A five year difference in your teens and in your 60s are really different things. Fortunately there is a formula for this. The “Half-your-age-plus-seven” rule.
I am a woman, in my 50s and I happen to agree with you. I do not see this as predatory. At 22 I feel I was capable of making decisions for myself and would have been pissed had someone told me I wasn’t. And you’re dating these women, not marrying them. Met my husband when I was 24, he was 30. We’ve been together 34 years, married 32. I guess I knew what I was doing. Good luck
Literally same age and dating range here so I can’t say I see anything wrong with it.
As far as I see it people age at the rate they need to/are pushed to. There are people way younger than others who are way more responsible. Especially when the whole idea of women maturing faster than men is a well established thing. I can remember plenty of women who from when I was 22 who were well on their way to having their life in order and I definitely didn’t at the time. How I see it both me and someone leaving college are just starting to find their way in life. How can that really be predatory. It’s not like I have everything figured out at 27.
I know they are not the same women (well most of the time.) but I also find it hilarious how often I hear women say they only go after older men but then act like the man is predator in situations like this.
Also in general we are adults, if at this point you would have went to high school together how can it really be predatory.
NTA. As long as they are 18 or over and are able to make their own decisions, you’re good.
NTA – get with hot 21 YOs if you really want to lol
It’s just salty women angry they’re not super in demand anymore lmao
Def not…
5-years is nothing…
Obviously if you were 20… that’s different…
You would not be. A lot of women are unhinged online when it comes to dating in general. Nta
That seems like a fairly normal age range to date in
Like yeah you could find yourself in different life places with someone that age, and that could create a bit of a power imbalance that could create issues. But also it’s entirely likely that none of that will happen
I wouldn’t get too riled up about it tbh, I have seen people on Reddit yell at someone your age for dating a 24 year old. They trying to do the right thing but the common sense has left the building and skipped town
People are just virtue signaling. That’s fine
NTA. I think the fact that you prefer older women shows very clearly that you’re not predatory. Predatory men target younger women because they’re more vulnerable and often easier to control. If you just happen to end up with a partner that’s 22 because you’re a great match and you have a healthy and respectful relationship then there’s nothing predatory about that.
Ok I was on your side more or less until the comment “either they’re strong and independent or they’re not”. Don’t simplify things like that. Women aren’t a monolith, nor does being strong and independent necessarily protect you from predators. You can be a strong, intelligent person and still be abused – still be naive and immature – and that’s what other women are warning about. There’s a HUGE difference between suggesting that women are weak and dependent and warning young women that guys who deliberately seek out a power imbalance can be problematic and land them in deep shit. I get that it’s easy to feel defensive when a bunch of people on the internet call you a predator. But it doesn’t justify simplifying a situation to a point where you miss the important nuances.
NTA for just the age, but YTA if you go for women that young when there’s a significant imbalance in power (money, independence, life experience, etc).
NTA.
Anyone over 18 can do the following: sign contracts putting them hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, join the military and risk their life for their country, get married, have children, and vote for the people running the country.
Anyone who pretends that those people are incapable of making decisions about who they date and dealing with the consequences of their choices, or that “having your life together” is a prerequisite for dating… is a straight up moron.
Full stop.
It’s asinine. By those criteria no one under the age of 30 should be able to do any of those things, because let’s face it: most people in their 20s don’t have their lives together, and many people in their 30s and even 40s don’t either.
Not to mention that the way you mature and learn is by making choices, making mistakes, and dealing with the consequences. The biggest reason I think gen Z is largely fucked is because they have been coddled and overprotected to the point that many (if not most) of them can’t handle failure and have no concept of accountability.
People learn and grow through failure and mistakes, and you are not only doing young people a disservice by treating them like children, you’re actively sabotaging their futures.
Someone is either an adult or they aren’t, end of story.
When I was 18 I was inexperienced and ignorant in many ways, but I was also highly intelligent and logical. I made tons of mistakes that shaped me into the man I am today, and thank god I was given the freedom to make those choices because otherwise I wouldn’t be the resilient and capable, successful man I am today.
This bullshit infantilization of young adults needs to stop and people need to mind their own business instead of projecting their insecurities on others.
NTA. The women who come out with this nonsense have been left on the shelf and are jealous that men can have younger women and have no interest in them. The fact is, that even if it was illegal to date younger women, men STILL wouldn’t be interested in the shelf women.
Reddit goes a little overboard about age gaps by the numbers and is really bad at context.
NTA. People really throw around the word “predatory” too much these days, but 22 and 27 are still adults within the same age bracket. A 5 year difference isn’t crazy, no one would blink if it was a 50yo dating a 45yo or 37yo dating a 32yo. If you were 55 looking for a 22yo, or 27 looking for an 18yo, that would be a different story.
Would I personally date a 22yo at 28? No. When I was 22, I would never have dated a 27M. I was still discovering who I was, what I wanted, and working on advancing my education and career. And compared to where I am now 6 years later, I was way more immature. On the flipside, now that I’m 28, I can’t imagine dating a 22yo simply because to me a 22yo just hasn’t experienced enough life for me to able to connect with them in an equal partner way without looking at them like “aww you have so much to learn.” Condescending maybe, but I work with people that age and I feel that way all the time. I was at the beach recently and a guy came up to me, we started talking, he asked me my age and he gave his in return. He said 22 and my first thought was “awww a baby.” Not in a “I view you literally like a child” way but more as a “you’re so early into adulthood, you’re going to experience so much and do so much and that’s so exciting for you” way. I view a 22yo as still figuring out who they are and I have 0 interest in going through that process again, either or my own or with a partner.
All that said, it’s a personal preference. 22 is still consenting adult age, and like I said, a 5 year age gap in the long run isn’t a huge deal. Certainly not “predatory.”
NTA I’m 27F and my age range for dating the same as yours. It’s not predatory.
Don’t come to reddit or most of the Internet to discuss dating. Waste of your time and sanity
NTA. 5 years younger is very much in reason. Most of those that replied were probably older women that see themselves in competition with younger women when it comes to dating. And society definitely infantizes people, especially women, in certain situations. You would think women would find it appalling but some use it to their advantage.
For your age, that’s fine. For me as a 51yo guy, I find anyone below 45 is still immature
33f here, and NTA. You opened up a topic about personal preferences, so everyone is going to have an opinion, whether it’s good or bad. A 5 year difference is not crazy because you’re not going for an age that is too young.
All the people here who are talking about brain development, I hope your brain is developed enough to recognize that this man is 27 years old. According to your reasoning, he JUST hit top tier maturity. He can get with people within his 5 years younger and 10 year older rule. That doesn’t mean he’s purposely looking for women who don’t have their shit together. Idk where people come up with this stuff
NTA
You are an adult looking to date other adults. The women bitching at you are just bitter, used-up hags.
NTA. 5 years under is a reasonable limit – it’s not like you’re looking for teenagers. Most people have graduated college by 22 and are starting careers. I actually started dating my husband at 20 when he was 27. We’re still going strong 26 years later!
NTAH . Nah. Predators like them 20 to 10 years younger and would never date older women.
Reddit sometimes is quite unhinged.
It’s like having a friend 10yrs younger…. Look at it that way. You guys can’t even have a convo without you being like alright this is a kid. 😆
NTA some Americans just need to be outraged at something to have some drama in life. As a woman, I see nothing wrong with 22f dating 27m
Nta a woman might want an older man
They’re misandrists. Being a normal straight man, they’re going to find a reason to hate you no matter what you say.
Block these people and move on with your life
as a 19yo girl, NTA. some 22yos may still be figuring themselves out, but that doesn’t mean they’re stupid and can’t decide for themselves. they are adults, so you’re not a predator, i agree w u
NTA. 2 years range below your age would be ridiculous lol
Only people on reddit lose their shit when age-gap relationships are brought up. They’re hung up on infantilizing women (incapable of being in an age-gap relationship and ruining their lives), while at the same time empower women (by reducing the voting age to 16, because people at that age are so mature and can make excellent decisions that affect society as a whole.)
The problem with these stupid rules is that they break down when you look at an individual – which is what dating is about. You may end up with a very mature 22yo, or meet a very childish 35yo (we see plenty of those every day on Reddit :))
The truth is women are competing for top men these days. And the pool is not big, so it is a self preservation mechanism for them to try to call you a pedo or a creep for having a preference for younger women. Think like a 30+ yo who already knows that she’s quickly losing value on the dating scene, it’s in her interest to try to make sure that 30+ yo men (the most desirable) stay in their lane and don’t pay attention to younger women.
I’ve got a 5-year age gap with my husband, we started dating when I was 21 🤷🏽♀️
I’m 28 now and we are still going strong
I think it depends on where she is in her life comparatively to you. If she is younger and not stable then it can be predatory due to the power imbalance but if you are both in the same space then it’s not. There are also some people who will always assume any age gap is predatory so you just need to accept that and decide to ignore them. Make sure there is balance in your relationship whether you are the older one or younger one. Also remember the brain doesn’t finish it’s last growth spurt until the age of 25. No judgement.
NTA. I’m a 38 year old woman and I have fleeting moments where I dislike men my age dating much younger women, but upon reflection I think this comes from a place of jealousy and sense of rejection I feel. So, no. It’s perfectly ok.
You’re not going after teenagers, you’re going after college grads. Nta
Women at 18-25 date 30 year olds because men their age are too “immature”
Then when women are 30+ they are in competition with 18-25 year olds and call men who are 30 predators.
Highlight the hypocrisy and be at threat of being called a misogynist
Women ☕️
>!Downvote this is your 30+ and single!<
As a 21yo, it’s not a super crazy range. I think as you grow up it’s less about age and more about life stage. If the person didn’t go to uni and is well into their career journey and spends a lot of time with older people then it makes sense they’d want to date someone in a similar situation. But if it’s someone who’s still in uni, hasn’t thought about a career yet etc, then it is a bit weirder.
27 is a weird age anyways. Half of your friends are probably settling down marrying and having kids, and the other half are still going out to bars every night. Same goes with women, as long as your interests and maturity levels align I don’t see a problem dating anyone at any legal age. NTA
NTA—if they can drink legally in a bar in the US, then the age in and of itself is not predatory.
Eh, it’s not a gross age difference but you are in different life stages at 22 and 27. Most 22 year olds have just left college and have roommate drama and friend drama and are only a year or two into their entry level real adult jobs, where nobody really takes them seriously because they have so little work or life experience. They’re going out on the weekends and making poor decisions because that’s just part of the process of learning who they are and who they want to become. Their lives tend to be pretty tumultuous.
27 year olds tend to be dating for serious relationships that could lead to marriage and kids, and thinking about down payments and 401k’s, and weekend nights out are starting to hurt more the next day.
So NTA, it’s not an ethically wrong age gap, it’s just probably a kind of unwise one if you don’t want to waste your time, because most 22 year olds think they know everything and actually are a mess and it takes them a few years to realize that they need to do some internal work on themselves.
Half your age plus 7 would be 21.5 so 22 is fine.
Regardless, two consenting adults can date if they want. Age, appearance, economic status, background, etc. will all attract criticism. If you love each other, none of that will matter and people will learn to accept it.
NTA. You’re dealing with a very biased audience. Reddit has a tendency to infantilize women when it comes to safety and accountability. I recall seeing a similar post on one of the unpopular opinion subs (ie, that women in their twenties have agency when it comes to dating older me) and a lot of people tried to report the post.
I don’t think it’s always predatory, I started dating my husband at about 24 and he was 31. We meet at university and were in the same place in life at the time. We’ve been married now for 6 years and together for 7 and a half. We have a wonderful marriage, and great life together.
How ever some older men specifically seek out younger, more naive women, because they are easier to manipulate. So I don’t think anyone can in this situation make a definitive judgement, it’s depends a lot. But I think it’s fair for people to be a little wary when it comes to relationships with larger age gaps. Only time can really tell if a person is being genuine when it comes to their relationship. And everyone has a limit as to what they think is acceptable when comes to age gaps.
NTA. Don’t overthink it or let people assert their bullshit opinions on you. There will always be unreasonable and ridiculous people out there that project their own trauma.
22 is totally acceptable for a 27-year-old to date. Anybody who thinks it’s predatory needs help.
Absolutely not the AH. Saying women 18-25 aren’t adults is the most misogynistic BS.
An 18 year old dating any age is perfectly acceptable and the weirdos saying it’s not need to get a grip. If I’m supposed to treat an 18 year old like an adult in any respects then I’ll treat them like an adult in all respects, if they can be expected to pay taxes they can be expected to choose who they fuck.
To say otherwise is creepy infantilising shit
NTA. 22 and 27 is perfectly fine. Anyone who says otherwise is projecting.
no to normal people this is fine
It’s so ridiculous. We often forget that 3 generations ago it was totally normal to get hitched as early as 18. In fact my Great Grandma got married at 16 (not because she got pregnant or anything – they were just country folk) and went to the church by donkey for the ceremony.
She was the happiest woman I’ve ever known, living in the hollers of Kentucky with my Great Grandpa. This whole “you gotta be 30 and have a massive career before marriage” thing is a new concept and honestly pushed by capitalism – they want more workers, not more happy couples.
Yeah, NTA though the terminally online, femcels, and the white knighters are going to say different.
I’ve been creeped on as a youngster in my past and have no tolerance for anyone who does that shit. You’re not a predator at all. 22+27 are perfectly acceptable. F34 btw.
Me @ 29 with different fwb, some are 19 & they love to fuck lol. Yall have these generic bullshit concepts. Omg how dare I bang a chick with her consent. At what point are they adults or people?
NTA.
They are legal enough to drink and you two aren’t completely in different stages of life.
22 is perfectly acceptable
It isn’t like you are in your 30’s-40’s praying on someone who isn’t even fully developed yet (25)
Don’t worry about it but also tread carefully trying to defend this narrative.
A lot will just automatically assume you want younger. Like fresh outta highschool type shit when we speak about bad age differences.
It would be annoying to have to defend all the time so I just wouldn’t have it be the topic of conversation anymore.
You know you want a mature adult and that other stuff doesn’t apply to you 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Best of luck!
This might be one of the first real, non-AI, AITAH post I’ve seen in months
At the bottom of my reply I said it depends on the person.
The view from the outside looking in is that a 27 year old guy dating a college girl could be seen in a poor light. Those two are probably in slightly different places in life.
NTA. There is nothing predatory dating someone five years younger at your age.
Many older women I’ve met get and am close friends with are incredibly insecure about younger women or men dating women younger than them. I’ll almost guarantee that when those same women were the ages you mentioned, they had no issues with it – a 25 yo woman dating a 30 yo man is totally fucking normal.
When everyone’s past consenting age I don’t consider it predatory.
I just feel the reason they get in each other’s head saying it’s predatory is more the if she doesn’t have her life together and with you gets her life together. Then realizes that age gap from others getting in her head, something she didn’t care about when her shit wasn’t together.
The “fear” should be yours that she wants to leave for someone more age adjacent to herself. The predatory is depending on motivations and actions predatory from either side in many relationship.
LMAO it never ends does it. Crazy enough I can’t tell you how many stories I’ve read on here where it’s girls like 19-20 dating 30+ happens more than you think and the people there are giving advice not calling them groomed, well some times they do! 😂😭
NTA – consenting adults should date/love/sex whoever they want
The only keys are consenting and adults
Money, gender, race, ethnicity, power level, social status, age, kink, disability, etc etc etc etc etc should not matter
The only things that should matter is consenting and adult
NTA, there’s nothing wrong with 22 and 27. When I was 23 I was with a 33 year old. It didn’t work out, but not because of age. People these days just like to be offended by anything they see
“Most people don’t respect women enough to let them choose who to date. The people who claim 22 years old women are weak or too stupid to make decisions are clearly women hating misogynists.” Doesn’t equal (≠) “that anyone who questions the decisions of a 22 year old woman must be a misogynist because clearly a 22 year old woman could never be manipulated.” These barely use some of the same words😂🤣😂🤣 the only one who tried to make this binary was you 😂🤣😂🤣by misrepresenting what I was saying. Are you illiterate? Because there is no way you read what I wrote and what you claimed I said have the same meaning. If you do you are too illiterate to be in this conversation
“Most people don’t respect women enough to let them choose who to date. The people who claim 22 years old women are weak or too stupid to make decisions are clearly women hating misogynists.”
Doesn’t equal (≠)
“anyone who questions the decisions of a 22 year old woman must be a misogynist because clearly a 22 year old woman could never be manipulated.”
You not comprehending the difference between these 2 very distinct sentences is why you hate women. They barely use the same words 😂🤣😂🤣😂
What sub did you say this on? A lot of them are just echo chambers for terminally online people who haven’t had a lot of real world relationship experience. 27 and 22 is not predatory at all and if someone thinks a 22 year old is a child then that’s on them.
27 and 22? In what universe is that predatory?
NTA. I’ve always liked the half your age and add seven formula. It’s not perfect, but it’s a decent starting point.
I’ve dated people with a 10 year age gap on both sides in my life.
22-27 isn’t bad. Just no TEENS. And 21 and below in my personal opinion is pushing it.
The formula for socially acceptable dating is half your age plus 7.
So at 27, you could date down to 20.5. (up to 6.5 years younger)
If you put reddit in charge of who you date, you will be very unhappy. Find a woman that is legal and mature and enjoy your life
no assholes here
Just follow your heart and do what you do and fuck everybody else and what they think about you
If you act in good faith to only uplift and not to hurt or manipulate
Then it is all love
Ultimately this is dependent on the person and if they are acting in good faith and not due to patriarchal misogynist desires for domination of women (unbalanced power dynamics).
However you must understand that you want to be with somebody that is your age because they know your culture and they know more about life and they will be closer to you and you will be able to connect with them on a deeper level . During 30 we have been through some shit now and we have figured out the world our world and our systems and compassion and communication and all of that stuff (God willing)
for example if you dated a 22 year-old I feel like eventually you’d become frustrated with their immaturity . our brains are more developed that is just a fact! 22 I feel like most of them are kind of basically teenagers in the way perhaps. Like, they are not even really 20 they are more similar to 18 or 19 you feel me?
NTA. If it was under 22 or focusing on the low range I’d worry, but you’re not. 18-25 has such huge variations depending on person it causes people to be on high alert when someone wants to date people in that range.
NTA. This doesn’t sound predatory at all. I met my husband when I was 20 and he was 25. We were both adults. I was someone who had already had a lot of responsibility by that age, and had done my partying when I was a teenager. Most guys I’d met my age were still going out drinking all the time and not too concerned about the future, so we weren’t in the same place. Hubs and I have been together for 20 years. We’ve built a great life together.
I don’t think you are wrong at all about the infantilizing. People are so worried about minor age gaps these days. Adults shouldn’t date high school kids. The older the younger person, the larger the age gap can be depending on where you are in life. There can be a serious power balance issue if someone is old enough to be your parent. But I keep seeing teenagers is high school freaking out about a 2 year/one grade gap. It’s sad.
NTA. There is a weird cultural thing going on with age differences right now that I think can just be attributed to a cultural pendulum swing. One that was needed, by the way. Predatory older men marrying too young woman has certainly been a thing. But 27 to 22 is, I think, perfectly normal and acceptable.
NTA.
22 & 27 are perfectly acceptable to date. People are being ridiculous.
These women are older and undesirable women that are upset they are not picked.
They hate men in their own age group not selecting them but someone younger.
Being 27 and dating a 22 year old is perfectly fine. I mean WTF is wrong with some people.
So these are the same women that say women are more mature than men, in fact more mature as teens then men. But in the next sentence infantilize women that are ADULTS at 22 years of age.
People are really up in arms about something they shouldn’t be. There are trends you see from people, both men and women, who like to date younger people. The biggest is that many times they do it because much younger partners tend to be easier to control and manipulate. A trend doesn’t mean it applies to everyone, however. The solution to the one above is to make sure your younger partner feels empowered. As long as you are both adults and up front, with yourself as well as the other person, about your intentions then I honestly don’t see an issue with it. NTA
No, of course not. It’s completely ridiculous for anyone to think that is predatory.
If the person you are dating is over 18 then it’s not predatory. I’m 32, my woman is 26. We’ve been together for almost 7 years. Y’all need to quit tripping.
The people complaining about the age gap are just angry because they are incels (men and women). Seriously, dating a 22 year old being predatory is dumb as fuck.
This is one thing I hate about Reddit. The other thing are all the Newsweek articles about politics. Then with politics, being on Reddit makes it seem like there are no political parties and dems are the good guys. Geez. I’ve stopped reading anything political on here because it doesn’t reflect the real world.
Nope!
Set that slider to 18+ and have fun man. Infact, I encourage it. The 18-22 year olds don’t have a decade of dating trauma and daddy issues. Much easier to find a compatible partner that’s not psychotic. Best of luck to you.
I mean, I started dating my husband when I was 21 and he was 26, and have been married for over 20 years, so I’m gonna call that a no.
22 and 27 is fine.
Bro this is reddit. Its not real. Alot of the people on here are delusional and are thriving on arguing. Ignore them, their opinions literally do not matter at all. Mine included
Yeah, no… that’s totally normal.
IMHO: NTA
22/27 is fine. You’re looking to date a human, if their bills are paid, they aren’t in debt that’s disproportionate to their income, and they have their own lives and interests, that’s fine. If you’re looking to settle down, admittedly very few 22 year olds are ready for that kind of thing.
Am I correct in thinking that your goal is finding someone to do things with as well as romance? As in, you want a full participant in conversations, who might have insights that broaden one’s mind?
Honestly asking, what ARE you looking for in a relationship? Because I have a feeling it’s a lot more complex than acceptable (and reasonable) age range standards in relation to one’s own age.
NTA, reddit is a weird circlejerk of small minded people incapable of independent thought. They love to pretend they respect women while also infantilising us. They also love to pile on with self righteous divisiveness. Never take anything you read on here to heart.
who gives a shit what other people think, legal is legal
NTA if consent was as simple as having a small age range to date in then things would be a lot easier but it isn’t and no amount of artificially imposing rules is going to exempt everyone from operating with thought & care. Your range is so fine. Tell this person thanks for caring but kindly you have this handled.
Age gaps are only meaningful if the balance of power or responsibility is out of whack. A 20-year-old can date a 30-year-old and it won’t be a problem at all if both partners are present, engaged, and have similar maturity levels.
I met my wife when I was 31 and she was 22. We had similar levels of maturity at the time. I grew along with our relationship and we were a fine match. Now, had I been a wealthy businessman or an asshole and her a naive young adult, it would’ve been a completely different story.
20s and up are fair game for any adult to pursue so long as everyone is open and accepting of the dynamic. People in their 20s have the agency to make their own decisions. As long as you’re not specifically looking for a naive, inexperienced person, you’re not being predatory.
I don’t know if you’re an AH, but when I was 17 I dated a man almost 23. We were together a couple years and all our parents approved. His family was pushing marriage even though I was still in HS. Age is a number. At this point I almost always go for older men, but wouldn’t count out someone younger just cuz.
NTA don’t listen to chronically online femcels and misandrists, the kind that go to r-/womensdatingadvice
The number one reason usually is simply because they wasted their younger days and don’t want the competition since they know the majority of men tend to stay attracted to younger women (all women but it does not shift upwards almost exclusively like it does for womens attraction to men due to resources, security/other factors that they are attracted to).
World is full of women of all ages playing “nice” surface level games (I just want to protect this naive 22 year old – or – yes that 300lb woman is a 10) as part of a wider social hierarchy game and a way to sabotage, eliminate or distract competition.
Everyone’s already said it, but I want to too. 27 and 22 are fine ages for mutual dating. Yes, predatory dating is a thing, but even if you were actually a creep, the age range in your case would not be at all related to that.
Anybody who says that is a moron. I’m not surprised, though.
Nah those people are just really dumb lmfao NTA
Personally as a woman I find it kid of offensive how pathetic and stupid everyone assumes women are on here. Dating an q8 or old would be gross. 22 is completely fine.
I think one rule that people go by is “half your age plus 7.”
So at 27 you could date someone 20.5 to 40 and it wouldn’t be considered “weird”
At a certain point, overusing words like “predatory” makes it more difficult to label, shame, and identify actual predators.