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Apr 18, 2:15 PM
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I would, i've always had a thing for older women.
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We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by
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Apr 18, 2:23 PM
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I wish you good luck on this thread not getting lock.🫡

OT: Is this one of the moment where @Zarutaku will show us how open-minded he is?🤔
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I'm completely disconnected from women no matter the age. People who think underage women are more pure don't understand that women are already ruined and know too much before they hit double digits, your tradwife doesn't exist buddy time to get used to your right hand lol.
Apr 18, 2:33 PM
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As a wizard for life I do not concern myself with the affairs of others. I could care less if some chad has some irl epstein island.
As for dating, I would never date anyone. I know my ideals do not exist. I would be more ok with some machine servant than a real person. Lol

My views of relationships are simple though. Obviously the ideal female would be youthful and fertile so whatever AoC is. I do not understand the point of relationships without having kids.
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Yeah I don't mind it, to a point at least. For me 10 years plus is a bit too old or too young depending on the situation.
Apr 18, 3:19 PM
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Eh...As long as both are legal adults. The wider the gap, the weirder it looks though. If I were in my Were in my 80's, I don't think I'd be going for someone in their 20's. At least not openly.
Apr 18, 3:20 PM
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yeah ive got a problem with them....... i cant get enough!!!!!!
Apr 18, 3:38 PM
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I don't have any issue with it, if that's what you're asking.
Apr 18, 3:41 PM
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I would assume ~10 years is not that big of a deal between 2 adults, especially since it becomes less relevant over time.
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Yes, I would indeed engage in hagmaxxing.
Apr 18, 3:46 PM

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Come to think of it, it makes way more sense:
Younger women should be in relationships with older men, who can provide them with stability and their material needs.
Likewise, younger men should be in relationships with older women, who will groom them into responsible men.
When the younger side eventually ages and then widows or divorces, they can continue the cycle to the next generation.

Makes way more sense than what we have now.
Apr 18, 4:35 PM

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Never had someone in another moment of life than me, or with a big age gap, like 7 or more years. I imagine it just becoming parenting with someone too less mature, and so I don't think the reversed situation would work too? As you get older it evens out, but if there is much unbalance, it goes awry. I'd give it a try, see how it goes.

Apr 18, 8:29 PM

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As long as its legal i don't care but I keep power dynamics in mind to avoid abusive situations
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The same as my view on any relationship regardless of their races, education level, socioeconomic class, social status or affiliations it doesn't matter in itself just the quality of the relationship between those involved matters. Besides age is just a number representing the revolutions Earth took around the sun, not an actual representation of who someone is that's up to their own personal experience and psyche not their chronology. Meaningful intent, making an effort, and self awareness of people in any relationship should always be a priority for people to be mindful of for themselves and the sake of their partner.
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Apr 18, 8:34 PM
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I don't think age-gaps matter past age 25, to be honest. That being said, I generally defer to formula to gauge how weird it is.

[Half of the older person's age]+7 years=Minimum dating age before things get weird


Now personally, I think Leonardo DiCaprio is weird for not dating anyone over the age of 25. I am not going to harp on it, but I am going to think "yeah, weirdo". It is not my place to judge relationships openly, however my own reservations are. I say this as someone who is weird enough to have went on a date with a 20 year-old when I am 28 years old.
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Yes when I was 30, the girl I was dating was 42.
Some of us prefer older partners
Apr 19, 12:40 AM

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Sure why not, age gap romance is wholesome.
Apr 19, 12:48 AM

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thewiru said:
Younger women should be in relationships with older men, who can provide them with stability and their material needs.
Likewise, younger men should be in relationships with older women, who will groom them into responsible men.
When the younger side eventually ages and then widows or divorces, they can continue the cycle to the next generation.

Makes way more sense than what we have now.

You should write more based posts like this 👍
Apr 19, 12:50 AM

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Doesn't bother me, my missus is 3 years younger, doesn't really mean anything once you guys are both of age....Once you are both in your 20's it doesn't really matter
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traed said:
Besides age is just a number representing the revolutions Earth took around the sun, not an actual representation of who someone is that's up to their own personal experience and psyche not their chronology. Meaningful intent, making an effort, and self awareness of people in any relationship should always be a priority for people to be mindful of for themselves and the sake of their partner.

Enlightened traed post as usual 👍
Apr 19, 1:01 AM
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As a wizard for life I do not concern myself with the affairs of others. I could care less if some chad has some irl epstein island.
As for dating, I would never date anyone. I know my ideals do not exist. I would be more ok with some machine servant than a real person. Lol

My views of relationships are simple though. Obviously the ideal female would be youthful and fertile so whatever AoC is. I do not understand the point of relationships without having kids.
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You might like My Wife Has No Emotion then!
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My nephew's girlfriend is 7 years younger than him, and they've been living together for a few years now... he might even propose to her to this year is the rumour going round. My family seem mostly okay with it, although sometimes my eldest sis worries whether they are the perfect match for eachother, as the gf sometimes is a little too comfy in her living situation and sometimes doesn't pull her weight in things (so I hear...I dunno for sure).

I also knew someone who got together with someone with a much bigger age gap, like maybe 15 or even 20 years younger than the guy (Who I think was in his late 50s or even 60s). She was just super into him, eventually they ended up getting married and had 2 kids and I presume their still together but not sure, lost contact with him a bit.

I think there's definitely some stigma you can get, but so long as everyone's old enough and responsible enough... don't really have much problem with it.

Personally I think I'd like to date someone with more life experience with me, as I have so little, and if their older than me...cool.
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I love age gap relationships......
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.

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There's too much fixation on age gaps between young adults, when it actually becomes an issue when both of them are getting old, but one of them is significantly older. Most men in my family died way before their partner and then there's a widow who's now forced to live the last 20 years of their lives alone and that sounds like torture.
Apr 19, 5:49 AM
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im too asocial now but hypothetically if im healthy then my answer is as long as they are in the age of consent range then its fine heck my own parents have a 10 year age gap anyway
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Kenrin said:
There's too much fixation on age gaps between young adults, when it actually becomes an issue when both of them are getting old, but one of them is significantly older. Most men in my family died way before their partner and then there's a widow who's now forced to live the last 20 years of their lives alone and that sounds like torture.

Why would a widow(er) be forced to live alone? They could find a new partner, or they could live with one of their children, or they could live in a retirement home, or they could just regularly meet friends. Even if someone suffers from living alone they usually don't do anything to change it, so living alone is usually a choice.
Apr 19, 6:17 AM
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I'm currently dating someone younger than me.... but it was definitely a coincidence and not because I prefer dating someone younger...
I think we make a good pair :) Let's hope it'll last for a long time, that would be great!
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Shy said:
I'm currently dating someone younger than me.... but it was definitely a coincidence and not because I prefer dating someone younger...
I think we make a good pair :) Let's hope it'll last for a long time, that would be great!

Sounds wholesome, how many years younger?
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Kenrin said:
There's too much fixation on age gaps between young adults, when it actually becomes an issue when both of them are getting old, but one of them is significantly older. Most men in my family died way before their partner and then there's a widow who's now forced to live the last 20 years of their lives alone and that sounds like torture.

Why would a widow(er) be forced to live alone? They could find a new partner, or they could live with one of their children, or they could live in a retirement home, or they could just regularly meet friends. Even if someone suffers from living alone they usually don't do anything to change it, so living alone is usually a choice.
@Zarutaku Finding a new partner above 60 isn't easy and at that point, I think some would simply prefer to honor the memory of their deceased partner. Being forced to live with your children is being a burden to them as they're likely also adults living their own lives. And retirement homes, where I live, are serviceable but grim. Nonetheless, obviously, this is something most people can individually solve, sure, but the issue is still there, the significantly older party gets a younger companion for the rest of their lives, while for the younger party, it's often just temporary and they have nobody to rely on in the second most vulnerable period in theirs. I'm not making it into a moral issue, but a big age gap is objectively a huge benefit for the older party and for the older party only.
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@Zarutaku Finding a new partner above 60 isn't easy and at that point, I think some would simply prefer to honor the memory of their deceased partner. Being forced to live with your children is being a burden to them as they're likely also adults living their own lives. And retirement homes, where I live, are serviceable but grim. Nonetheless, obviously, this is something most people can individually solve, sure, but the issue is still there, the significantly older party gets a younger companion for the rest of their lives, while for the younger party, it's often just temporary and they have nobody to rely on in the second most vulnerable period in theirs. I'm not making it into a moral issue, but a big age gap is objectively a huge benefit for the older party and for the older party only.
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Being forced to live with your children is being a burden to them as they're likely also adults living their own lives.
Not necessarily, if the old parent has a burdensome condition like dementia then for sure, but otherwise they usually help in the household or look after their grandchildren.

Kenrin said:
a big age gap is objectively a huge benefit for the older party and for the older party only
Not only, the younger partner often inherits considerable wealth and even receives widow's pension, that's a considerable benefit.
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LoveYourSmile said:
Well, ladies are not wine, unfortunately. So, I'm all-in for fresh fruits, haha.

Overripe fruits tend to be sweeter, you don't like them sweet?
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LoveYourSmile said:
Well, ladies are not wine, unfortunately. So, I'm all-in for fresh fruits, haha.
How "fresh" exactly are we talking here about? University student/older apprentice fresh, high school/Oberstufe(n)/younger apprentice fresh, middle school/Mittelstufe(n) fresh (like 7th-10th grade) or even lower than that?
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Well, ladies are not wine, unfortunately. So, I'm all-in for fresh fruits, haha.
How "fresh" exactly are we talking here about? University student/older apprentice fresh, high school/Oberstufe(n)/younger apprentice fresh, middle school/Mittelstufe(n) fresh (like 7th-10th grade) or even lower than that?
@Noboru You shouldn't ask questions that are unlikely to get honest answers :P
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LoveYourSmile said:
Not running after vulnerable underaged girls on anime sites to take an advantage of them, if you get what I mean, haha.

Does that mean the below quote wasn't true and I can add your cultured story again? xD

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please, fucking please, remove that post of yours so we can be friends again - you can't even imagine how many failed fucks it gained

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LoveYourSmile said:
Strange question, really. The answer is obvious: legal, consensual, respectful, reasonable, mutually enjoyable and beneficial. Not running after vulnerable underaged girls on anime sites to take an advantage of them, if you get what I mean, haha.
It's not a strange question, because there are different systems out there in the world. Is that mutually also referring to the "beneficial" part? If so, how could that look for example?
I get that you have been having quite the fun in person

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You shouldn't ask questions that are unlikely to get honest answers :P
I want to see someone else getting the heat as well. Is the (Spanish) inquisition of MAL blind? Or is LoveYourSmile an agent? 🤔
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Noboru said:
I want to see someone else getting the heat as well.

Well, in that one thread he said that he got the heat in private ^^
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Zarutaku said:
Noboru said:
I want to see someone else getting the heat as well.

Well, in that one thread he said that he got the heat in private ^^
Witnessing it directly here would make things far more convincing that people really have an issue with the topic at hand and are not just hypocrites or leave someone else be when they notice they have a certain level of attractiveness and/or success.
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Noboru said:
I want to see someone else getting the heat as well.

Well, in that one thread he said that he got the heat in private ^^
Witnessing it directly here would make things far more convincing that people really have an issue with the topic at hand and are not just hypocrites or leave someone else be when they notice they have a certain level of attractiveness and/or success.
@Noboru People with higher aura get away with more, so it's time for some aura-maxxing :P
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@Noboru People with higher aura get away with more, so it's time for some aura-maxxing :P
@Zarutaku Which shouldn't be. Either they care and treat everyone equally or they should just shut up and leave me alone, especially when they twist a theoretical, but rather unlikely possibility into an absolute preference
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@Zarutaku Which shouldn't be. Either they care and treat everyone equally or they should just shut up and leave me alone, especially when they twist a theoretical, but rather unlikely possibility into an absolute preference
@Noboru Equal treatment is an ideal, that will never be real.
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Age gap relationship mostly only work for sex , reality is way harder than some teenagers fantasm and they're always been this weird things about agegap like , people can hang out with a 18 years old girl and one second but not a 17 years old and 364 days , i think that people who like always says "but she is 18 tho , so it's okay" are hidden preds , they don't care about the age but only the majority , if the majority was 16 they would hang out with a 16 yo girl
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@Noboru Equal treatment is an ideal, that will never be real.
@Zarutaku Maybe not, but one can still point it out and hope for a change
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Zakatsuki_ said:
Age gap relationship mostly only work for sex , reality is way harder than some teenagers fantasm and they're always been this weird things about agegap like , people can hang out with a 18 years old girl and one second but not a 17 years old and 364 days , i think that people who like always says "but she is 18 tho , so it's okay" are hidden preds , they don't care about the age but only the majority , if the majority was 16 they would hang out with a 16 yo girl

Does that mean your aunt was a pred when she was hanging out with you? xD
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@LoveYourSmile: no one forces you to lose your precious beauty sleep over some forum dispute

Your replies have indicated though that you actually had sexual experience with school girls, even as an older adult, unlike me. I know that you have your wife and kids, which makes it actually even more despicable imho if you go for any other girls/women in general even if they are adults, but I don't feel the need or urge to reprimand you for your own choices in life.

It seems like you're also making the same mistake. I was never "predating" anyone. The vast majority of girls/women who have or had been writing to me so far are asexuals or people with a seemingly very low sexual drive. There was also zero sexual interest from my side with the girl/woman referenced in the thread, nor did any of the interactions I had with her indicate I would have had a sexual interest. I was also never asking for how to turn a conversation more sexually, I was asking how to cheer someone up, because I feared for the worse. But it thankfully never came to that, so it was just wasted concern and wasted emotions on my end

I'm really curious how you two have met btw. Or are you perchance his alt all along? /sarcasm
And that you have changed your mind on the subtopic of "airing out dirty laundry" makes you either a hypocrite or someone with very feable convictions that are not universally valid, but rather depend on how you feel about the recipient.
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LoveYourSmile said:
Ofc I could explain that the reason of post removal wasn't age concern or anyone's vulnerability, but just a slap I got when someone I care of was playing with my phone and reading that disgraceful post. Disgraceful in terms of neglecting someone's privacy and using diminishing words for that half-fictional/half-real story I stupidly composed for dumb fun without asking them first (overplayed too much, guilty, haha).

But I don't see how explaining anything changes a thing, because I clearly see you find it funny to dig up what I wanted to burry, boldly ignore my friendly notice, and then dare to come to my profile comments with your silly excuse in a style "look, man, sorry for doing shit to you, but I can't stand the urge of doing shit to you, even though I know it disappoints you".

Sorry, it didn't realize it was that serious, because like you said, your story seemed like dumb fun, that I found worth preserving. If you had told me earlier to remove the quote, I would have done it earlier, and I wasn't serious about adding it again. Besides, what do you mean by "half-real" story?

Additional clarification from below:

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I was surprised why someone pressured him to remove such an obvious satire. I already deleted the retroactively added quote soon after he actually told me to do so, the previous hint wasn't clear to me, so I explained my action in a profile comment and thought he would reply if it's really that bad, but he didn't respond, so I assumed it's not, until he told me to remove it over a week later, when it was already too late. Anyway, considering that someone he cares about read messages on his phone (which I didn't know about), I understand why he's mad at me now, but unfortunately I can't change the past.
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@Zarutaku: I've got to thank you for preserving that posting in which he allegedely "half-joked" how "good" girls with some potential issues are. That innuendo for a girl that was with her classmates or how he would "spank" "some asses" when his older kid planned a party in his house speaks for itself and contradicts his statements earlier in this thread. For this time though, I'll just share the latter episode:



https://myanimelist.net/forum/?goto=post&topicid=2178981&id=71678787

https://web.archive.org/web/20250419183742/https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2178981
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@Noboru I think he always joked, to be honest. Besides, the original preservation was something I found later and I was surprised why someone pressured him to remove such an obvious satire. I already deleted the retroactively added quote soon after he actually told me to do so, the previous hint wasn't clear to me, so I explained my action in a profile comment and thought he would reply if it's really that bad, but he didn't respond, so I assumed it's not, until he told me to remove it over a week later, when it was already too late. Anyway, considering that someone he cares about read messages on his phone (which I didn't know about), I understand why he's mad at me now, but unfortunately I can't change the past.
ZarutakuApr 24, 5:19 AM
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@Noboru I think he always joked, to be honest. Besides, the original preservation was something I found later and I was surprised why someone pressured him to remove such an obvious satire. I already deleted the retroactively added quote soon after he actually told me to do so, the previous hint wasn't clear to me, so I explained my action in a profile comment and thought he would reply if it's really that bad, but he didn't respond, so I assumed it's not, until he told me to remove it over a week later, when it was already too late. Anyway, considering that someone he cares about read messages on his phone (which I didn't know about), I understand why he's mad at me now, but unfortunately I can't change the past.
@Zarutaku We can never know. If some people don't want to take my word for it that I haven't had any evil intentions all along, they should be skeptical over such "joking" postings from others, too. If they are not, then they are hypocrites and should never get back to me about these kinds of topics or about anything at all. Though if they do the latter by mistake or by thinking I couldn't be that resentful, then I wouldn't mind responding back if my social energy allows for it

edit: also since you've included some things to your initial response:

1) you are not responsible with how others react towards you

2) it was his own decision to have posted stuff like that. He could have tried to hide it better (like not being on MAL with his phone), chosen to get closer to people who wouldn't mind or at least wouldn't over-react over some bizarre forum posting or just not included that little story of his in the first place

3) if he genuinely gets angry over what happens on a pseudonymous forums, then it should be questioned imho whether he would be psychologically fit to be near his kids (even if it's just for visiting). But I'm not the one who is going to call the Jugendamt (youth welfare office) because of some little forums dispute

In conclusion, I suggest you apply the "let them" philosophy as well
NoboruApr 19, 2:00 PM
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I'm currently dating someone 6 years younger than me and I'm 26.
I have had a crush on someone 6 years older than me as well and almost dated.

Me personally I thought the age gap was too much, I was too old/young but neither sides cared so neither do I now.
Of course I wouldn't date anyone before their 20s or anyone after their 40s, that's a bit too much for me.
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Age gap relationships are cool but it depends on the age gap between the 2 people.
I like my women like how i like my wine, finely aged. But ofc i want to keep the age gap short enough that people won't think twice of the gap, but long enough to fit my standard.
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