What Age Does It Start Becoming Weird To Date A 18 Year Old?

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Yes, technically it's legal to date a girl once she turns 18, but let's be honest, an 18 year old girl probably isn't going to be dating a 50 year old man.

With that said, what age does it start becoming weird or strange to date an 18 year old girl who's fresh out of high school?

I wouldn’t date an 18-year-old. I wouldn’t date someone under 30. I’m almost 60.

I wouldn’t go as far as saying a person in his/her 30s dating an 18-year-old would be “weird”—unless the relationship is exploitative in some way. It’s sort of “odd,” though. But not necessarily in a bad sense if both are fully consenting.

Some of it depends on the maturity level of the 18 year old. There are some young people who are very wise beyond their years. Even so, I was going to say 21, but it's not on the list.

It used to be fairly common for men in their later 20s to date college-age girls. It wasn’t frowned upon. If the 18-year-old was still in high school, then it would have been judged.

Unfortunately it's going to depend on the circumstances.

If one person views the other as a child, I don't see how they can have a healthy romantic relationship.

If psychologically they are on equal footing, I don't see a problem.

It’s not something that should provoke pitchforks, though.

If I was the dad of the 18-year-old, I would certainly keep tabs on the relationship.

Simply regarding age,
I don't think more than 12 years difference is a good match.

But I am assuming a "Typical" significant-other relationship.

In my day,
The women were young,
To have healthy babies,
And the men provided the financial stability to raise the family.

It takes time, usually, to build up wealth,
Hence the practical/logical age gap.

This is an interesting question. My (male) best friend (female) is 11 years younger than me. When I met her, I was 33 and she was 22. At the time, she still had a childlike sense of wonder that most women my age did not have, and I was drawn to that aspect of her. (Today, she matured somewhat since then, as did I.) While we never even kissed, let alone do more, I do feel like we're at the same neurological level even today.

I think aspie men do just fine dating younger women, because of the discrepancy in the neurological age vis-a-vis biological age; the weirdness comes mostly from society's judgements.

Is there any age at all where dating isn't weird? May be I have missed this ...

Guess the age difference of people counts less then a visibly huge difference in body dynamic and the dynamic of their mind set. That's something very different. Age is just a number.

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What age would be wierd...Seven? Ninety seven? A hunderd and seven?