u/Educational_Pipe4536

I’m 24M and personally prefer girls 18-21 over 22-25 physically and also cause the slightly bigger age difference does make me feel more able to lead a relationship with maturity as well as it makes me feel more masculine.

This isn’t about any one specific person but just in general. I just feel like if I actually go for what I want in a long term relationship then I’ll be judged? Like people are so sensitive that a 4-5 year gap even if people don’t say anything to me, deep down they’ll think I’m weird for it. And I know you shouldn’t care what people think but I just really hate how attitudes and narratives around even the smaller age gaps have gotten to. And the guy has to bear the burden of being the guy who’s judged in that situation.