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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Exactly! Why the fuck would anyone want to date someone that much younger than them? I will never understand why so many men want to date girl so young.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    A friend of friend I’ve met a couple times is into me. They’re 23 and I’m 30 and I still don’t have an interest. They’re perfectly nice, but…

    I think after 28-30 it starts to really not matter that much but before that even smallish gaps can be pretty questionable. And any dude that would consider someone their age to be a “hag” probably largely dates younger because mature, experienced women can tell they’re really just garbage man-children.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    really just garbage man-children

    It's a green-text, we knew that from the get-go

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, but even people who don’t go online much, even people I actually do care about in my own life, still fall into that category. The people I care about tend to be much nicer and wouldn’t call someone a hag but they do lack a certain level of maturity. Green-text makes it near certain but it’s a “not all rectangles are squares” situation.

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  • I agree with this. For me, so so much integral growth happens between ages 20 and 26-28 or so, and I don't really think people in general know who they are or what they want in life until then. Not true for everyone of course. All the people I know who married young are either divorced or super unhappy though so it may skew my perception a bit.

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  • For real. When I was 24, I dated a 19 year old for like two weeks. They were really nice and interesting, but ultimately the age gap proved to make a relationship unviable. I can't even imagine a nine year gap at that age. Gross.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    People are feeling all kinds of pressure these days. If they want to have kids they need a lot of resources. But having a lot of resources is really difficult to do when you’re young. So that naturally suggests a compromise: one old with resources and one young with health.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Wait, but I thought men hated "gold diggers"? And also, that's the result of our fucked up late stage capitalism economic system and not how things should work. A young couple should be able to afford to live comfortably and have children if they want.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    People make life choices based on how things are, not how they ought to be.

    Generally a “gold digger” refers to a young woman who marries an elderly rich man with the intent of gaining a large inheritance, not a young woman who marries an established (but still working) man a few decades her senior with the intent of raising a family. A big “gold digger tell” is that the rich guy already has adult children who end up in a feud with his new young wife (because she represents a threat to their inheritance).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh really? I thought it ment a women marring for money in general.

    People can do what they want, but women shouldn't have to feel like they have to marry some dude a decade older just to have a decent life and start a family. That's all I'm saying.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What I mean I've been alive a long time. I'm not sure how I was supposed to accrue resources through that though.

    Also who wants to date a 19 year old they'd be really annoying.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The question is “why would anyone want to date someone much younger than them (presumably up to a couple decades)?” not specifically about dating a 19 year old.

    Not everyone can accrue a bunch of resources over time of course. But your odds of doing so are much better in your working years than when you’re in school.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean, i'd like to date someone that much older than me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why? (Genuine question if you feel like sharing) Like, I too prefer older partners, but not that much older.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Honestly, because i'm a 20 something year old man with no life experiences and I don't know how to survive on my own. Someone older with more experience who would be willing to teach me would be nice. It's a big ask I guess. I don't really know what else to do. I'm lonely and i'd like to meet someone kind, caring, and beautiful who can be a friend, lover, and teacher if you will. I haven't told anyone this because it makes me sound desperate and like a lost cause.

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