• @jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    196 months ago

    When I started using dating apps I found 24 year olds too old. I still have that impression memorized but it’s wild.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)
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      136 months ago

      Welp, I don’t know when from the memory is, but I do vividly remember thinking about how damn old those 14/15 year old 9th graders are. Could be 1st grade.

      Basically as if the life ended at 20, and they were soon to retire.

      • @jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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        6 months ago

        Oh yeah. There were these 2 older neighbours 2 grades above me in primary school who once protected me from bullying in school. They were practically adults in my head, but actually I was 6-7 and they were 8-9.

      • Lovable Sidekick
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        46 months ago

        I remember fearing high school kids. I wasn’t even sure how old they were, just that high school was a jungle and any kid who went to high school was dangerous.

    • Lovable Sidekick
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      36 months ago

      Used to be a rule of thumb that the lower limit for dating was half your age + 7. Dunno if that’s still a thing.

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL
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      11 month ago

      I’ve always had my lower limit for how young I’d date as “she has to be older than my brother”. But my brother is only 3 years younger than me so that’s becoming less and less relevant as he’s pushing into his mid 20s now haha