age gap

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When people see an age gap, they tend to imagine there is something intrinsically unequal about it — that the older partner wants someone they can control and the younger partner has daddy issues or is just out for money.

The Age Gappers Lila Shapiro 2023
Btw, when I was 24 I had a brief fling with a 30 year-old, and although the age gap was noticeable, it wasn’t “creepy” or “problematic”.

The age gap discourse is getting out of hand Auzune 2024