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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's with the age gap hate? Whatever happened to "you do you"? Adults make their own decisions. Obviously these couples disagree with your subjective "yuck" take. I don't get the judgment.[/quote]

I’m not a big fan of age gaps. It’s not like I think they should be outlawed or anything just that I think there are a lot of trade-offs. Agree that people can do what they want.

The thing is, age gaps are much more prevalent in celebrity circles than in the average population. Statistically most heterosexual couples are within three years of each other (about two thirds) with something like around 90% being within less than 10 years. Age gaps of more than 10 years and especially when you get to 15 to 20 or quite rare. Less than 1% of the population has a 20 year or more each gap.

But we tend to see them more in celebrity circles. In this case, I don’t think Nicole is thinking through about the trade-offs, which is that she’s having kids with a much older man and what 20 years from now is going to look like. If you really love someone I think you can overcome that, but I think the vibe of this thread is that these two are major fame and publicity chasers and that neither one has a great track record. She broke off an engagement for Justin and he’s a known serial cheater and has dated girls just out of their teens when he’s been in his 40s, which is gross. And the fact that he’s done so much weird stuff to his face means he’s not exactly in a good place.

So yeah, there’s gonna be some judgment. I am sure in real life there are age gaps that work out. But this is just an illustration of so much that is wrong with celebrity culture. [/quote]

Very well said. [/quote]

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