   Is it wierd for a male 10-year-old to date a female retiree?
  GameDev has a pretty worldwide community, and I'm interested in how age differentials affect your perception of relationships.An 18-year-old woman is dating an older man.  How much older does he have to be before you say, "That's unusual"?  How much older does he have to be before you say, "That's creepy"?An 18-year-old man is dating an older woman.  How much older does she have to be before you say, "That's unusual"?  How much older does she have to be before you say, "That's creepy"?Do your answers hold true for a 24-year old man or woman?  Or a 30-year-old?Someone the other day told me that her rule of thumb is to take the older person's age, divide by 2, and add 7, and you get the youngest person that they can reasonably date.  So by that rule, as a 23-year-old, my dating pool should be between 23/2+7 = 18 and (23-7)*2 = 32.  Seems like a pretty reasonable rule to me.What do you think?Obviously, this was inspired by this post
  I would agree with the dating pool rule you mentioned. I generally would go by intellectual/emotional maturity and not age, but since I've little way of judging this properly and the "age system" works on the majority of people, I'll stick with the age system. It seems to be the one society is most amenable to, in any case.   ;  boobs have to be big and not saggy   ;  ha that formula would say my younegst age to date is 19 -> my girlfriend's age.   ;  As long as both parties are of consenting age I do not particularly care.That said, when the age difference is too big it is inevitable for me to think that individual personal gain plays a bigger part than usual.;Quote:Original post by BeanDogSomeone the other day told me that her rule of thumb is to take the older person's age, divide by 2, and add 7, and you get the youngest person that they can reasonably date.  So by that rule, as a 23-year-old, my dating pool should be between 23/2+7 = 18 and (23-7)*2 = 32.  Seems like a pretty reasonable rule to me.Here is where I demonstrated that that rule breaks down for kids under 14 years old.Also, did you mean for the thread title to refer to a 10-year-old?  Because yes, that would be weird.   ;Quote:Original post by dorixHere is where I demonstrated that that rule breaks down for kids under 14 years old.I find it interesting that Canada's age of consent is also 14.   ;  I think it has a lot to do with emotional maturity. My wife is 18 years older than I am, and we met when I was 18. You do the math 8)   ;  I say if you don't have your drivers license, you don't need to date.  It just looks silly.   ;  For a while I dated a sea turtle.  She was 138 years old, but the sex was amazing!I've said too much.   