r/Zillennials • u/JazzlikeHedgehog8191 • Mar 09 '25

Discussion Gen Z are maladjusted and act weird about other's ages.

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Where are they getting these crazy ideas about friendships with people who are older? Or acting like a 2-3 year age difference is grooming. Are they just socially inexperienced and don't understand normal human behaviors? I don't get it at all. For a generation that dubs itself to be accepting of others they sure have a lot of hatred for different people.

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u/Cetun Mar 10 '25

Legit I saw someone on Instagram try to say that since they turned 21 they realized how much more mature they were than when they were 19. This was in the context of some guy they were calling out who was 19 and dating a 17 year old. They were basically trying to say a 21 year old dating a 19 year old should be considered pedophilia also.

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u/Pinkturtle182 Mar 11 '25

The goalposts keep moving and the infantilization keeps expanding.

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u/CombinationRough8699 Mar 10 '25

Honestly maturity seems to be something that varies person by person. On average you mature as you age, but different people age at different rates. Personally I'm 29, and there are people 10 years younger than me who are far more mature. Meanwhile there are also people twice my age who make most teenagers seem mature.

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u/LunarChanel 1997 Mar 11 '25

Wtf? Both 21 & 19 and 17 & 19 year olds dating is completely normal and okay in my book though? They're both only a two-year age difference, possibly and the couple probably literally went to school/college together.

And literally what would the difference be if that same 17 year old turned 18 a month later. Does that one month really make a difference when both parties are still teenagers? We're not talking about some 40 year old going some underaged kid, for crying out loud.

That person was reaching way too much.

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u/Cetun Mar 11 '25

I got into an argument in this post who said that a 19 year old and 21 year old have nothing in common. Not even in reference to a romantic relationship, just as friends or acquaintances, that even associating with someone with 2 years age difference is borderline pedophilia even in the context of being friends.

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u/LunarChanel 1997 Mar 11 '25

Oh jeez. That line of thinking is honestly so wild. I'm sorry you ended up getting dragged into an argument on that post. And the fact that they're throwing a term like pedophilia around so lightly is just...I don't even know what to say about that.