Relationship age gap rules: The acceptable age for who you can date
The internet is divided between claiming age absolutely matters in a relationship and age absolutely doesn’t matter in a relationship. when it comes to dating, we live in a lawless era where love is love and almost anything goes. We are seeing large age gaps in the dating pool and not just the typical old-man-younger-woman narrative. Dating age rule: The dating age rule to determining a socially acceptable age difference in partners goes something like this: half your age plus seven (40 = 20 +7 = 27) to define the minimum age of a partner and your age minus seven times two (40 = 33 * 2 = 60) to define the maximum age of a partner. So if you’re a 24-year-old, you can feel free to be with anyone who is at least 19 (12 + 7) but not someone who is 18.1 The (lesser-applied) other side of the rule defines a maximum age boundary: Take your age, subtract 7, and double it. So for a 24-year-old, the upper age limit would be 34 (17 * 2). With some quick math, the rule provides a minimum a