“In some cases, coercion and financial control may be a reason for confrontation.
Age may make younger partners more vulnerable with regards to being more dependent on the older partner.”
Another reason people find age gaps distasteful is that they often favor older men.
So, how much of an age gap is too much?
That’s where the rule of 7 comes in.
Where did the rule of 7 come from?
(Of course, it is typically men who are doing the dividing.)
So if you’re 30 years old, the youngest you’re free to date is 22.
The older you get, the more leniency the rule of 7 has.
And if you’re 50 years old, the youngest person you’re able to date is 32.
“A man should marry a woman half his age, plus seven,” he wrote.
What do the experts think?
(For the record, he and hislove interest April Ludgatedon’t quite flush the rule.)
But according to experts, such a strict rule around dating age differences can be silly and contrived.
“I find it amusing that there’s an equation for the ‘optimal’ age gap in love.
