She's too young for you bro

[genericusername64]

your age
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Its worked for thousands and it can keep you from being called a pedophile!

 

[ImperialSunlight]

I'm 17 (male) and I wouldn't date any guy under 14. 14's still a bit creepy though, so it would have to be an exceptional 14 year old :/

I don't meant to come across as a dick but, don't you think that 14 is kinda creepy? I mean, you are about to become an adult (at least old enough in respects of joining the army or going to jail) and the other person is still very much a minor. No matter how exceptional he is, you are still about to come to the age when you start to practice your sexuality and the other guy is about to come to the age when being angsty and self absorbed is starting to become appealing; at that age just a few years can seem like a massive rift between people given the patterns of behavior that develop later on.

He'd become annoyed at you for not including him more in your stuff, and you'd develop a growing sense of constant annoyance b/c there's just a great deal of it that you cannot share with him, and his constant whining will get on your nerves.

I just don't see how that is not the stuff of nightmares for you.

I, personally, wouldn't go for a chick that acted exaggeratedly childish or immature; it would just be just too much of a freaking hassle. I don't want to fall into the role of the educator of the person that I'm with at the same time I'm supposed to be dating her. No thanks.

I did say it would be a bit strange :/
But if I really felt like I was in love with someone and they felt the same way, I wouldn't care what age they are (unless there are legal issues, obviously).

I'm 17 (male) and I wouldn't date any guy under 14. 14's still a bit creepy though, so it would have to be an exceptional 14 year old :/

What if they looked 17? 14 year olds are crazy tall where I am.

It matters more to me how mature they are mentally, but yeah, some are pretty tall.

 

[chuckman1]

I think 14 year olds dating 18 year olds seems pretty creepy, but it seems a lot less creepy for a 15 and 18 year old I wonder why that is. It's only 1 year difference.

 

[lacktheknack]

Basic formula: Divide the older one's age by two and add seven.

Someone complained that this leaves under-fourteen-year-olds out of the dating pool. I'm OK with this.

 

[LetalisK]

I'll go as low or as high as is see fit... you know, depending on the person...

Or the law allows. Just sayin'. >.>

 

[Evidencebased]

I like to look at ages on a more "general maturity" basis. Dating someone who is in the same stage of life as you is usually a good idea in my opinion. So high school kids can all date each other, ditto college students, but if you're finishing your Master's thesis while your date is planning for junior prom then it might be legal but I can't imagine you would have a ton in common; I changed a lot between highschool and now, and anyone too distant from me in age just wouldn't be appealing or relate-able.

At 24-years-old I'll generally date up to late 20's/early 30's, but not much lower than 22. That's just because I feel more connected to people who are in the post-college stage of life, and undergrad students just seem young to me now. (Too much older than me, however, and it seems like people are more interested in settling down and having kids, which I'm not ready for yet.) Those dateability groupings are not a hard and fast rule of course but that's my general instinct.

 

[HotPocket]

For me (I'm a senior), I consider any inter-high school relationships fine (although some of them like senior - freshmen are a bit weird) and freshmen - 8th grade is OK although that's pretty rare.

Or you can always go by halve your age and then add 7 for a good benchmark which some have posted.

 

[Evidencebased]

It's kinda funny actually; looking back to when I was 16 I was like "OMG other teenagers are so hot!" but now that I'm an adult they just look like kids to me and I have completely grown out of being interested. It's not even a morality thing (though my morals agree) that I don't want to date way younger -- my first impulse is to tutor or advise or scold teenagers, not sleep with them!

It seems like a lot of people are worried that they might want to date too young, but I don't think it's honestly that common to deeply romantically connect with someone super young. I've been a kid; they aren't so great I'd want to date one.

 

[TheCorpseMan99]

The only thing better than having sex with twelve year old girls is mocking "internet tough guys" who use names like "usmarine4160" and talk about the motorcycle and gun that they don't own.

As an Army Iraq Veteran who owns both handguns and a motorcycle I gotta back up a fellow service member and ask what you think you've done in your life what makes you qualified to judge another poster in that way.

Also, at 24, anything under 18 is too young for me (back on topic).

Well I don't threaten people in hypothetical situations, for one. Good job serving, by the way, I'm sure getting wounded and having your girlfriend sleep around while you were overseas was well worth getting your funeral picketed by Westboro Baptist.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

That formula does not apply to me. I'm just about to turn 20, and that means I can date a 17-year-old. No. I am not dating a guy under the age of 19, no ifs, ands or butts. Honestly I prefer older and would much rather date a guy 10 years older than me as opposed to 1 year younger, though that comes down to preference. I just think guys look better as they get a bit older. Then there is the maturity factor. Too many guys are immature, and finding mature guys where I live is next to impossible. Age will hopefully sort out the guys who want to drive on a bumpy trail in the woods at 100 MPH with people riding in the bed of his truck. Or lighting themselves on fire.