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The Unspoken Rules of Dating Across Generations

11 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker outlines a personal dating rule that any man she dates must be at least 15 years older than her eldest son (who is 32), meaning potential partners must be 47 or older. She reflects on how society tolerates older men dating much younger women without criticism, while she faces derogatory labels such as “cougar” when dating younger men. The speaker expresses frustration at the double standard and dismisses the social judgment as unnecessary, emphasizing that life is short and such judgments are not worth her time.

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Significant age gap relationships. How do you feel about them? I've got a rule, which is that any man that I date must be at least 15 years older than my eldest son. He's 32. That means I have to meet somebody who's 47 and older. Any younger than that and he's too young for me. But I know that different people feel very differently about this, um, And older men seem to be able to get away with going out with much younger women without anybody from society judging them. But when I've gone out with a much younger guy, I know that it was just nothing but brain damage from friends, from people that I'd meet thinking that I was some sort of cougar or some other word that I consider to be derogatory. And just, you know what, life's too short. Who needs it?