Anon dates a 19 y/o
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Wow that actually makes sense.
But then again, I’m born 1994, there’s not so many I can actually date. I have like 1990 - 1998 available, and they must be an only child or have siblings within that age as well, otherwise the interests are not overlapping enough to spend time together: those younger are TikTok addicted, those older are Facebook-relicts. I’m in limbo where I know all of that but don’t like anything.
Edit: to those who downvoted, why?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Just for a little context, the minimum age being ((your age / 2)+7) is meant to be "this is the minimum age of someone you can date without it being creepy" (i believe it originated from the TV show how i met your mother)
If you were born in 1994 you are either 30 or 31. Let's call it 30 for easy math.
30/2 = 15
15+7=22So anyone who is 22 or older fits the minimum age concept, which is anyone born in approx 2002/2003 or earlier. If you decided to include that, the extra 4-5 years does increase the dating pool quite a bit.
I'm not telling you who to date, just giving a little context to the math since that's what was brought up in the original comment.
Edit: Lots of folks chiming in with some really good insight about the history of the math. Thank you all for that!
Although the historical accounts seem to be math for the "ideal age" in a (probably female) partner and not "minimum age before it's creepy" as it was presented in HIMYM, it's really interesting to see how that equation has been used for over 100 years!
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You haven't seen the 28 year olds Anon dates
They're 48 in crackhead years.
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I have not heard someone say "big mood" in years
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I'm 34 dating a 25 year old myself. Which I checked, it passes the "Half your age plus 7" test
(34 / 2 = 17 + 7 = 24)
Sometimes I still feel weird about it though -
I'm 34 dating a 25 year old myself. Which I checked, it passes the "Half your age plus 7" test
(34 / 2 = 17 + 7 = 24)
Sometimes I still feel weird about it thoughwrote last edited by [email protected]@ 30 22 feels waaay too damn young. tf am I even gonna talk to this person about? I'm a decade in to a high stress high reliability industry. I'm starting to get
Greggrey hairs! I make jokes about all the child rapists I met while working for the state! Too much happened in that 8 years between us. Too damn much. -
Can't fathom calling a 28 year old a hag
Late-stage brainrot
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I have not heard someone say "big mood" in years
Big mood!
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God damn it Greg!
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When did we as a society give up on the "½ X +7" minimum dating age formula?
Just FYI, this rule falls apart after a certain age (in the 60s or 70s).
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Just FYI, this rule falls apart after a certain age (in the 60s or 70s).
That's not the only thing that falls apart in your seventies, eyyyy
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That's not the only thing that falls apart in your seventies, eyyyy
Sigh, ain’t that the truth.
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Just for a little context, the minimum age being ((your age / 2)+7) is meant to be "this is the minimum age of someone you can date without it being creepy" (i believe it originated from the TV show how i met your mother)
If you were born in 1994 you are either 30 or 31. Let's call it 30 for easy math.
30/2 = 15
15+7=22So anyone who is 22 or older fits the minimum age concept, which is anyone born in approx 2002/2003 or earlier. If you decided to include that, the extra 4-5 years does increase the dating pool quite a bit.
I'm not telling you who to date, just giving a little context to the math since that's what was brought up in the original comment.
Edit: Lots of folks chiming in with some really good insight about the history of the math. Thank you all for that!
Although the historical accounts seem to be math for the "ideal age" in a (probably female) partner and not "minimum age before it's creepy" as it was presented in HIMYM, it's really interesting to see how that equation has been used for over 100 years!
Invert this rule to get the maximum age you can date (defined as the person whose minimum age is your current age):
min age = (your age / 2) + 7
max age = (your age * 2) - 14If you're 30, then you can reasonably date people between 22 and 46. So the other guy can add even more years before 1990.
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Wow that actually makes sense.
But then again, I’m born 1994, there’s not so many I can actually date. I have like 1990 - 1998 available, and they must be an only child or have siblings within that age as well, otherwise the interests are not overlapping enough to spend time together: those younger are TikTok addicted, those older are Facebook-relicts. I’m in limbo where I know all of that but don’t like anything.
Edit: to those who downvoted, why?
to those who downvoted, why?
Because of this part:
they must be an only child or have siblings within that age as well, otherwise the interests are not overlapping enough to spend time together
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Just for a little context, the minimum age being ((your age / 2)+7) is meant to be "this is the minimum age of someone you can date without it being creepy" (i believe it originated from the TV show how i met your mother)
If you were born in 1994 you are either 30 or 31. Let's call it 30 for easy math.
30/2 = 15
15+7=22So anyone who is 22 or older fits the minimum age concept, which is anyone born in approx 2002/2003 or earlier. If you decided to include that, the extra 4-5 years does increase the dating pool quite a bit.
I'm not telling you who to date, just giving a little context to the math since that's what was brought up in the original comment.
Edit: Lots of folks chiming in with some really good insight about the history of the math. Thank you all for that!
Although the historical accounts seem to be math for the "ideal age" in a (probably female) partner and not "minimum age before it's creepy" as it was presented in HIMYM, it's really interesting to see how that equation has been used for over 100 years!
Also, for the maximum age they are the younger one. So assuming age is 30, substract 7 and multiply the outcome by 2, maximum date age is 46...
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Just FYI, this rule falls apart after a certain age (in the 60s or 70s).
After that age, the older party is essentially a lottery ticket
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That's not the only thing that falls apart in your seventies, eyyyy
This reminder me for some reason of how my grandfather cheated on his wife a few years ago and had a heart attack during sex. He's like 80 or so.
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They're 48 in crackhead years.
Meth does some wild shit to a person’s looks but heroin addicts can look just as fucking gnarly
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This reminder me for some reason of how my grandfather cheated on his wife a few years ago and had a heart attack during sex. He's like 80 or so.
Gotta look after your ticker if you're going to stay active at that age. Condolences and/or congrats to his wife though.
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OP doesn't understand what cultural progression is. Of course different people gonna do stuff differently as time progresses, the class she was when you where in high school is just irrelevant.
This is the case where op just has skill issue, and is stuck in the past like a boomer he is.
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Maybe OP could date a 9 year old on the side, to fill the age gap. Or is OP not rich enough to pull that of?
wrote last edited by [email protected]That will turn OP into OP (Peace be upon him)
