Well, yeah, of course that’s less bad. You’re both older and the difference is less
Ultimately a lot of it comes down to levels of maturity and the places ones are in their lives anyway. A 17 year old definitively can never be mature enough to have a healthy relationship with a 40 year old
See that’s the problem with age differences.
If I tell you they are 23 years apart, you think “uhh”.
If I tell you they are 17 and 40, you think “UHHHHH”
Lets see if it applies to me:
Her and I are 11 years apart.
Her and I are 23 and 34.
Hmm.
“She and I”
The easy way to figure it out is to remove the other person from the sentence.
Is it: “Her are (is) 11 years apart” or “She are (is) 11 years apart?”
Well, yeah, of course that’s less bad. You’re both older and the difference is less
Ultimately a lot of it comes down to levels of maturity and the places ones are in their lives anyway. A 17 year old definitively can never be mature enough to have a healthy relationship with a 40 year old
Half the bigger age plus 7 for the younger.
40/2 + 7 = 27. 17 is ew
34/2 + 7 = 24. You’re just okay, but should feel bad in bed
Yeah look I haven’t gotten that far yet. Could I have? Almost certainly.