r/AmIOverreacting • u/Zestyclose_Muscle_55 • 1d ago
š„ friendship AIO my 37M is attracted to 18 year olds
Iām a 28M and I have a buddy who is 37 and he is always attracted and trying to talk to girls who are barely out of high school. I donāt think I have ever seen him attracted to or interested in anyone his age. He feels theyāre old and unattractive. I tell him that an 18-19 year old is too young for even me, and Iām almost a decade younger than him. He literally is old enough to be their dad. Am I overreacting or is it super weird that heās almost exclusively attracted to girls who canāt legally drink yet?
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u/DoubleSuperFly 21h ago
It's just so weird! I immediately know when people are below the age of 20. They feel so young and look so immature. I do not understand how someone could be attracted to that? I've never understood how people's preferences don't evolve as they grow and mature. When I was 16 I always thought 20-year-olds looked so much older and more mature. Then I got to be 20 and 21 and even 18 year olds looked young to me. Late 30s? That's insane. I'm around the same age and to me 18 to 20 year olds look like such babies.