Half your age plus seven is the rule created to define the youngest that a romantic interest can be before the relationship is indecent. So, say you’re dating a dude who’s fifty and you’re twenty-six. Half of fifty is twenty-five plus seven is thirty-two. Looks like you’re too young to be dating this dude (or he’s too old to be dating you). But if the dude you’re dating is forty and you’re thirty-one, you’re fine because you only have to be twenty-seven in order for it not to be weird and creepy to be with this guy. Demi Moore is fifty and Ashton Kutcher is thirty-five. They made it just under the wire since Ashton would have to be at least thirty-two in order for their relationship to be legit. Of course they’re done anyway cause he cheated on her and now she’s all ruined emotionally and she’s kind of too skinny to want to fuck anyway, but still. While they were together, it was totally legit.
A lot of people get all bent out of shape over age. It’s a pretty silly thing to worry about. Yes, there’s always the risk that the younger person is being taken advantage of but sometimes older people can’t find anyone their own age because they’re just too immature. Take my cousin for example. He was married for almost twenty years to a woman who is eight years older than him. Their marriage fell apart because, guess what, when you get married at nineteen and your wife is twenty-eight, it’s pretty likely that your marriage is going to dump you on your ass. At nineteen you don’t know who the fuck you are or what you want. To start committing yourself to someone FOR LIFE is basically a sentence that nobody wants to life out. So they’re separated now and my cousin, who is now almost forty, is dating a twenty-two year old. I don’t know her very well but from what I can tell she seems to be at about the same maturity level as he is which makes sense. They started dating about two years after his separation, and since his life was cut short at nineteen, that would make him around twenty-two years old emotionally right now. He’s a little behind in his emotional life but maybe he’ll get there. At the very least he’s with someone who can grow with him.
My own partner is nine years older than me. It doesn’t have a great impact on our relationship except for the fact that we didn’t watch the same TV shows growing up. But that doesn’t really matter because my taste in TV shows far surpasses his. We make it work.
1. She’s gotta be at least half your age plus seven years in order for it not to be creepy.
2. My boyfriend is exactly half my age plus seven years. The only issue we have in our relationship is that he’s in jail.
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