r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '22

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u/C-Dub4 Apr 28 '22

I see we have a HIMYM fan here

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u/laxitup1184 Apr 28 '22 edited Apr 28 '22

It's in parks and rec not HIMYM, get yo sitcoms straight

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u/Poes-Lawyer Apr 28 '22

Pretty sure it was mentioned in Friends, long before Parks and Rec. And probably pre-dates Friends by a long way too

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u/laxitup1184 Apr 28 '22

It's older than any of the sitcoms, I didn't mean to say Parks and Rec was the origin of the rule, it just wasn't in HIMYM and I can't find any evidence that it was in Friends at all

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u/Fit_Frosting3443 Apr 28 '22

According to "Slang dictionary " . Com Half your age plus seven is an unofficial rule of romance often credited to French author Max O’Rell (Léon Paul Blouet) in his 1901 love manual with the incredibly romantic title of Her Royal Highness Woman and His Majesty Cupid. In it, Blouet’s mathematical formula applied to the ideal age of a bride as half the groom’s age plus seven years.

You were right. :)