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Cake day: December 14th, 2024

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  • But that’s not how that works?!?

    It’s gross to me.

    It’s legal. I’m not advocating changing that. I’m expressing my opinion it’s gross.

    What you are saying is that I can’t have my opinion. Or that my opinion is wrong. Yes I judge others based on that opinion. But my opinion isn’t preventing anyone from being gross.

    Is there some translation thing going on here where my opinion has direct impact on you? It’s not meant to. It’s meant to say that I think a 38 y/o and an 18 year old dating is gross.

    Because it’s an opinion, if you wanted me to have a different one, you would explain why it isn’t gross. Instead I’m “influenced by a US perspective (that is not true, your opinion is common here too).” Morally superior? Fine. Maybe I am being morally superior, but I am not advocating for it to be illegal. That doesn’t make sense. 18 has been decided in the States as the age of majority. Adults can adult.

    It’s still gross.




  • Legal doesn’t make it not gross.

    As a 33y/o single white male, lemme tell you that anyone below 25 is downright unrelatable, 21 y/os aren’t sober enough to give you any real meaningful consent, and younger than that might as well be children.

    I get it though, I’m talking about a relationship. Hooking up with 18-20 is appealing for a hot minute when you only pay attention to physical attraction. But when you think about yourself at 18-20 you were still super influencial and don’t know how consent fully worked yet.

    Plus, unless you’ve been an athlete in top physical shape, age has caught up with you. ED hits in the 30s. Muscles weaken. Arthritis is beginning to form. I’ve never had cavities until 31.

    I have stuff and money. But stuff and money is a power imbalance. An intimate relationship with someone so young would feel closer to a lengthy time with a naive hooker more than anything.