Society not suicide

I’ve always held that age 12 is the break off point where one can decide to pursue romantic interests with someone not in their direct age group. I personally think that ages 15-17 is where you can truly determine whether you really want to be involved with someone who could be five years older than you, but that’s based on my own perception of the situation.

You also have to take into account maturity from both people, this is a deciding factor with any relationship but more so ones where an age gap may be present. For example: my aunt was 18 when she fell pregnant to my 25 year old uncle. The relationship was doomed to failure due to their immaturity around the ordeal. So, if one were to pursue an interest with another individual who is slightly older/younger, be prepared to grow up even quicker. As the older one may have considerably more life experience than the younger, who will be easily influenced by the older and supposedly wiser individual.

That’s my take on the situation.