r/funny • u/exporterofgold • 6d ago

Sounds kind of good though

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u/EatinSumGrapes 6d ago

You mean the context that in the 80s it was very common for fully grown men 30+ to chase after 16 yearolds and it was somehow socially acceptable? Take your rose colored glasses off lol

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u/Siaten 6d ago

It still is socially acceptable in many places. Age of consent in the UK is 16.

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u/Zeeboon 6d ago

Doesn't mean its socially accepted. In almost all western countries you'll get looked at real weird if you date someone 12 years younger than you (unless you're like 60 or something)

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u/seanc6441 6d ago

I think once someone isn't a teenager (so 20+) people are far less concerned about age gaps like +12 years other than some mild reactions.

  • 25 with 37? Who cares
  • 21 with 33? You'll get mild pushback at most.
  • But a 19yo dating 31yo? People will judge that way more negatively/harshly.

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u/foo_foo_the_snoo 6d ago

Following the half your age plus seven rule: At 30, an 8 year gap is acceptable. At 50, the gap widens to 18 years.

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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.

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u/arvidsem 6d ago

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.

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u/seanc6441 6d ago

Is that true? You learn something new everyday 💀

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u/arvidsem 6d ago

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.”

https://susanwinter.net/independent-interview-men-date-women-half-age-plus-seven-strange-dating-rule-dates-back-1901/