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Originally Posted by BigBen931
Half your age plus Seven.
This rules work for both partners in the relationship. If the person you are interested in is less than half your age plus seven years, you need to look at how much you will have in common with that person.
Person 1 = 47 years old;
Person 2 should be: (47/2)= 23.5 + 7= 30.5 years old or older.
Person 1 = 18;
Person 2 = (18/2)= 9 + 7 = 16 or older.
It is a social 'litmus test' I use to see if there will be concerns.
I thought that everyone has heard of this rule. Is that not the case?
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Seems like a decent rule to follow. Makes sure that the major cultural barriers won't affect the relationship as far as things you'd have in common from your childhood, etc. In my experience as far as maturity goes, within reason, age doesn't have much of an effect, it's more important to talk to the person to guage that kind of thing.