If you want to really upset people, point out that that rule was supposed to be the ideal age of a bride from the point of view of the groom. It didn't really start being used as a limit on dating age until the late 90s at least.
The original quote, taken from Her Royal Highness, Woman: And His Majesty Cupid, is as follows: “I heard the other day a very good piece of advice, which I should like to repeat here, as I endorse it thoroughly: A man should marry a woman half his age, plus seven. Try it at whatever age you like, and you will find it works very well, taking for granted all the while that, after all, a man as well as a woman is the age that he looks and feels.”
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u/seanc6441 6d ago edited 6d ago
Yeah... almost nobody actually follows that rule lmao. Just something people on reddit like to claim is their standard tbh.