Is two years age difference too much?

2 years? / 2 + 7 rule, 19 / 2 (9.5) + 7 = 16.5 is ok for 19 but due to legal we'd say 16 is fine.

No it is not, I'm seeing a 26-year-old and I am 20.....Not exactly dating but similar.

Some others have commented on here about 16 year olds with 21 year olds, I think that's a bit much tbh. I'm 18 and my boyfriend is 21, but the type of stuff that a 21 year old wants out of a relationship (sex, maturity, someone smart enough to understand their studies/work etc) is something that I would not have been able to offer when I was 16. I know that 16 is the legal age, but I wouldn't have dated people in their 20s when I was that age. No matter how smart I thought I was, looking back now, I was very naive at age 16 and even if it's legal, an older guy would have definitely taken advantage of me.
Even my current boyfriend tells me that his friends think I'm really young even though it's only 3 years, and I know that his friends and family regularly ask him about me and how I'm doing etc, because even they're aware that being in my teens still I'm still vulnerable and he could still potentially take advantage if he wanted to.
In my opinion, age in relationships means less once you're both at university because you understand each other more. A school girl with a guy in university/working just doesn't seem right to me because your priorities are difference and also those younger girls are very inexperienced still. Being with a man in his 20s when you're 16 isn't something to brag about in my opinion.

i never understood that rule....

Essentially its your (age/2) + 7 = x, where X is the minimum age of a person
that is considered "ok" to date.

The only issue that the equation shows is the older you get the wider the age range that is considered acceptable is.

Essentially its your (age/2) + 7 = x, where X is the minimum age of a person
that is considered "ok" to date.

The only issue that the equation shows is the older you get the wider the age range that is considered acceptable is.

Hey.

I'm dating someone who is 19 and a fresher at uni.

I'm 17 and in my first year of sixth form.

His friends think I am too young.
A few of mine have made comments. But on the whole think it's okay.

But they way I think of it, most peoples parents have a few years between them.

What do you think?

oh okay thanks for explaining lets just say im 19/2 = 9.5+7 = 16 and a half haha i would never date a person more than a year younger then me, the rule is bobbins

I'm (20/2)+7=17 though my ideal would be 19-24.

Obviously different people mature and have a different mental age than others
so there are exceptions but its very rare.

Some others have commented on here about 16 year olds with 21 year olds, I think that's a bit much tbh. I'm 18 and my boyfriend is 21, but the type of stuff that a 21 year old wants out of a relationship (sex, maturity, someone smart enough to understand their studies/work etc) is something that I would not have been able to offer when I was 16. I know that 16 is the legal age, but I wouldn't have dated people in their 20s when I was that age. No matter how smart I thought I was, looking back now, I was very naive at age 16 and even if it's legal, an older guy would have definitely taken advantage of me.
Even my current boyfriend tells me that his friends think I'm really young even though it's only 3 years, and I know that his friends and family regularly ask him about me and how I'm doing etc, because even they're aware that being in my teens still I'm still vulnerable and he could still potentially take advantage if he wanted to.
In my opinion, age in relationships means less once you're both at university because you understand each other more. A school girl with a guy in university/working just doesn't seem right to me because your priorities are difference and also those younger girls are very inexperienced still. Being with a man in his 20s when you're 16 isn't something to brag about in my opinion.

Hey.

I'm dating someone who is 19 and a fresher at uni.

I'm 17 and in my first year of sixth form.

His friends think I am too young.
A few of mine have made comments. But on the whole think it's okay.

But they way I think of it, most peoples parents have a few years between them.

What do you think?

are you two exclusive, im kind of in the same position

No we're not

how do you not catch feelings