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Re:The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams by stickfigure on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @11:07AM (#29331380)
> Doesn’t make it any less the fact that he’s old enough to be her father.

Honest question: So what? Why does that trouble you?

I would understand if one side was indeed "extremely" young, but 60s/30s are unquestionably adults, and there don't seem to be any consent issues.

Re:The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams by ModernMech on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @11:32AM (#29331755)
It doesn’t trouble me personally, I stated the facts of the matter and that my interpretation of it is that everyone is getting what they want. Others here have stated it weirds them out and that’s fine too. It’s well known in our society that this kind of age gap can be problematic for some. We have little “rules” about it (https://xkcd.com/314/), which are just societal norms. Scott Adam falls out of this norm and it makes people uncomfortable, as norm-breaking tends to do. One question people might ask is, why don’t you date someone your own age? There are a lot of reasons one could answer, but when one says something like “I don’t talk about where we met. People make judgments”, and they are already breaking norms, then I think it’s fine some people have reservations. Not that those reservations mean anything to anyone, but it’s not an unreasonable feeling to have when confronted with such an unconventional relationship.