• Tiger666@lemmy.ca
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    Im 54 male and the idea of dating someone my son’s age is akin to pedophilia to me.

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      Same. I’m in my 40s. I have no kids, but i have friends and siblings with adult children. Nieces and nephews (the word niblings is fantastic) The idea of dating someone in their 20s is utterly repulsive. I’m just glad I’m taken. Dating has changed so much in the last two decades… those social media fuck systems frighten me.

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      I’m 33 and the idea of dating a 20 year old is so insane. Like I have almost NOTHING in common with that age group.

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      Dads definitely already doing that. Might be able to get a side racket going buying cannabis if dad isn’t cool with that though…

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    My cousin in law’s husband basically did this, except she looks very similar to his daughter.

    Incidentally, his daughter doesn’t talk to him anymore.

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    From what I’ve seen, the internet has a firm stance on what to do with step moms.

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    A friend of mine married. At the wedding, her father (a widower) met the grooms mother (a widow). Some time later, they married each other. Some time later again, my friend and her husband divorced.

    Can you imagine this kind of awkward family meetings?

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      Okay, do you mind if i one up the awkward? I had some friends in high school start dating. Their parents were single. They met. About two, three years into the kids dating, the parents start dating. As soon as they graduated high school, the kids got married. A year later so did the parents.

      Both couples are still together but like, “yeah i’m married to my sister. she wasn’t my sister when we got married tho. damn mom and dad” is one hell of a story.

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        If you think about it, it makes sense. 2 similarly raised kids should theoretically have parents with a lot in common.

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          i mean even they thought it was pretty weird for the first two years. and by they, i mean all of them. but love is love.

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      My interpretation was that the intent is to punish the dad. When his (presumed) daughter dates someone his own age, he’ll realize how fucked up it is.

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          Obviously.

          If he did not have double standards then he wouldn’t care that his daughter is getting fucked in the bum hole by his father in-law.

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      Almost child? The age gap with someone who’s presumably in their 50’s is weird as hell (especially when their own child is OLDER THAN THEM!!) but a 20 year old isnt a child.

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        The brain develops until a Person is about 25.

        18 is the age the government decided on arbitrarily.

        I for one differentiate adults and kids based on their cognitive abilities, not on an arbitrary number the Epstein class wants to lower to an even more disgustingly Low number.

        So i think almost Child is adequate.

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      Not primarily, but if my parent cheated on another parent with someone around my age: we scrapping regardless of who’s more to blame.

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        so dad’s dead so it’s not really an issue anymore, and as far as any of us know both he and mom were faithful to each other. but if my parents wanted to cheat that’s none of my business. if they chose to cheat with someone my age, that’s everybody’s business.

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          Now that you mention it, if my parent cheated with someone their age, I could probably see myself doing something morally grey in response, too.

          I have an ex whose dad cheated on her mom while her mom was pregnant. Can’t imagine the emotional rollercoaster from that.

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      They probably took a screenshot when the page was dynamically updating the numbers. They do that to show that the post is actively getting votes/comments. Whether it’s legit new updates or not I have no idea, but that’s what you’re seeing, the text is mid-animation