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I’m 9 years older than my kid sister. We had an agreement, she doesn’t date anyone older than me and I don’t date anyone younger than her.

We both married people in that range.

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Athon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This.

I strayed from this formula by 1 year once (I was 38, she was 25), and there was this strange generational gap where we just had completely different interests, we didn’t get each others’ references, and things fizzled pretty quickly.

Anyone else I’ve dated has been within this formula and we’ve gotten a long quite well. If they’re below this number for you, or you’re below this number for them, even by a little bit, it’ll get weird and you’ll run out of things to talk about pretty quickly.

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- TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m 38 and can’t imagine dating a 26 year old. The woman I’m currently seeing is my same age and it’s great.
  
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  - Athon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, the farther away you get from your own age, the harder it gets to find a relationship that works for you. However, straying from that formula, even a little bit, seems to be a guaranteed breakdown point.
    
    The woman I’m seeing now is three years younger than me, and we work incredibly well together. Gonna keep this one, I think 😝
    
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TheFANUM@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is the correct answer. For me, it’s about 5 years in either direction.

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