What’s interesting is this rule apparently originated from the early 1900s.
Comment on Anon dates a 19 y/o
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 11 hours agoWhen we decided to mind our own business and stop moralizing other people’s relationships based on our personal feelings.
sleen@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 57 minutes ago
Ah, so “half your age plus seven” wasn’t the low end, it was the target.
That certainly re-frames things.
sleen@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Exactly, this “rule” is really just equivalent to other forms of snake oil there is. It is baseless and completely made up.
GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Found Leo’s account.
Seriously though why so hostile about this? Of course it’s made up, it’s a general rule of thumb, and it describes whether people are likely to look at a couple and say, “ew”.
sleen@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
That’s because it’s all based on assumptions and projected morals. Commonly treated as a ultimate truth not as a “rule of thumb” as it is destined to be - hostility is built in this “rule”.
In general, this rule essentially dictates the ethics of independent people. Because of this there is no description, it’s a requirement to say “ew”.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
It matches experiences, if you read the other replies.
sleen@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
I don’t quite agree with the replies. The statement “it matches experiences” is baseless as stated in my other reply.
In general, experience ≠ age. This is because experience is influenced by various physical factors such as opportunities, learning environments, etc. Not exactly by age.