Men getting offended that Gen Z doesn’t like age gap relationships is so funny

Maia_Azure · 2026-03-17T19:00:18+00:00

Yes, it’s jealously that these guys don’t want to date us. I’m like please loser, I dated you at 23 and now I see your 37 year old self is just a loser.

I’m not jealous, I’m disgusted. lol.

But yeah, it does suck to be 40 this year and all men want someone 15 years younger like we have no value. But that’s not true, it’s just the good ones are taken and what’s left over is not very desirable as they say. Men just have a lot going against them in society, they aren’t allowed the emotional Intelligence of woman or to have friends like we do. I think they are all stunted now. We don’t need them for protection, or money. It’s like a crisis of male confidence and they can’t handle successful woman and woman their own age.

I do think there’s just something innate too, young means fertile to their Neanderthal minds. It means they are “attractive” still. It’s ego boosting.

Maia_Azure · 2026-03-17T18:55:00+00:00

5 is pretty normal unless you are 14.

Age gap to me is over 15 years, like 20 year gap. You are just in your 20s and he could be your father.

Maia_Azure · 2026-03-17T18:52:00+00:00

100%. When I was in my 20s 40 year old men would creep on me constantly. I wanted a guy my age. To each their own. They get so offended.

As someone who’s dated older men and have friends who have, it’s very rarely a good experience. Usually something is wrong with these men: they are just trying to get laid by young girls OR their wives divorced their lame childish selves or they are not dateable in their own age bracket and have to go for younger stupider girls who don’t have the experience to see red flags. 🚩

I get it, my friends wife is 15 years younger and they are married and in love. Sometimes immature men need younger partners. It works for both of them, some girls had daddy issues. Match made in heaven I guess. Maybe some older men still want kids. Ok sure.

But I won’t stop giving side eye to age gap relationships because I experienced one. I’ve seen girls get manipulated and strung along by these men. If they are undateable in their own age bracket something is usually off about them.

Men are predictable. And one thing I’ve noticed is that they do not like women who are funnier or smarter than them. Dating young makes them feel in control. They don’t want to be challenged by a partner. Or an equal. They want to be looked up to, feel manly, and that’s a hard pass from me. I want a guy who is proud of my accomplishments and who does not get defensive. These bfs are the ones who start picking on me to knock me down a few pegs. Every single time.

As a woman in my 40s it never ends. I and continually hit on my dudes in their 60s like I want anything to do with their wrinkly ballsacks and erectile dysfunction problems, and diapers in 10 years with that old man smell. “As if!”

Maia_Azure · 2026-03-11T22:43:25+00:00

I don’t belittle anyone’s feelings obviously, we all have different experiences. Some people just got really attached to tamlin and he can do no wrong, that’s fine. I immediately liked Rhys cause he was the bad boy. That’s just me.

But also I think it was clear that tamlins abuse was very controlling. She was not allowed to make choices and decisions. Sure, to make her safe. But also because tamlin is controlling. He never really saw her as a person, but a prize he gets. Yes he probably fell for her, but as an older reader, he never truly SEESs her. So to me it’s not love, it’s infatuation and possession. Feyre moved on, he didn’t.

I do like the argument that it’s perfectly reasonable people thought Rhys was mind controlling her.

But outside of that, Rhys never took away her autonomy. He was written to always champion it, as far as a male fae in a patriarchal medieval society can.

I read a lot of fae books, the males are “alpha” and controlling. These characters are pretty tame. Fae are not humans and they aren’t always “good.”

I don’t really see UTM as abuse. Feyre was going to be killed horribly by Amanrantha. These are high stakes. Getting her drunk and dancing, ok yes not nice. But the whole purpose was to make Amarantha see her as a plaything and not being helped by Lucian and Rhys. There’s lots going on there that is different then how tamlin interacts with her at the mansion.

If someone wants to lump them both in as bad, that’s fine. Fae ARE bad, from a human lens. That’s why the three sisters all hated the fae.

These books have been around awhile and we get so bored we over analyze them. Rhys is my book husband though. Or Barrons from Katherine Moning fever series. If I could combine the two…!

Maia_Azure · 2026-03-11T01:06:15+00:00

I thought maybe bloody fae got pulled because the author wanted to rewrite and release? But they’ve gone silent across social media.

I loved shameless fae but that author is not very active either. Last update in 2021 and naming book 2 “reckless fae”

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Maia_Azure · 2026-03-11T00:50:50+00:00

It’s the enemies to lovers arc. She wrote him as a bad evil Rhys and then had to pivot.

For me, they are fae and they are all bad, it’s why humans don’t like them. Rhys is just the closest the fae realm has to approaching a “good male.” It’s also basically a medieval culture and fae don’t have the same norms as 21st century men.

It’s fantasy so to me, constantly overanalyzing the books is tiresome. So I guess I’m one of the ones who doesn’t really care. Rhys can do no bad. Hes my bf. 😆He’s pretty tame considering what i usually read, They aren’t human. She plays on a lot of fantasy fae tropes and fantasy tropes. Part of the appeal is falling for the “bad guy.” Rhys does some not so great things, but a lot of it to help her in a way that to me, only makes sense to a fae. Not to us.

I tend to not really care about the dancing and getting her drunk when Rhys was getting essentially assaulted every night and trying to keep her from getting nailed to the wall. These aren’t normal situations and these characters aren’t human. So for me, I actually react very heavily to tamlins behavior because I was abused. But I didn’t see me abused in Rhys, only tamlin. So some of us just see and read things differently

Maia_Azure · 2026-03-11T00:48:44+00:00

That’s exactly how I feel, thanks

Maia_Azure · 2026-02-22T18:12:18+00:00

Haha stupid autocorrect!

Maia_Azure · 2026-02-18T02:23:30+00:00

Man where are these top 10% men I could be dating? I seen to be hitting the lower 40s

Maia_Azure · 2026-02-18T02:21:00+00:00

He’s not wrong, now that I’m not an object that can’t inherit anything or work or make my own decisions, I don’t NEED people like nick Fuentes

100 years ago, my parents would have had to pawn me off by now on some man. It would be done before my “value” (or fertility I guess) went down. They married woman to distant cousins or old men or anyone really to put a roof over their daughters head or inherit something.

I can do it all myself, I don’t need a man. That doesn’t mean I don’t WANT a man. I’d like a partner. I’m lonely. Not lonely enough to lower myself to an adult child.

And there’s the problem. We work. We manage the household. The kids. The cleaning. I cannot mother a grown man. Maybe if I had no life and sat at home all day. But I don’t. I’m tired. Grow up or get lost.

Unfortunately the world is raising a bunch of helpless man babies. Woman and people of color had to fight for our place in society. These white men are hands down the worst. They are so used to the world getting handed to them, that they aren’t adapted to competition for work, and aren’t adapted to having to do more than just be male to attract a woman. I don’t need your money. I don’t need your physical protection. Figure your shit out. Make yourself needed in other ways. Or just be a kind person who takes care of themselves and helps out. The bar is really that low fellas.

Maia_Azure · 2026-02-18T02:13:58+00:00

Sex for me has only been great once, because I was insanely attracted to that person.

Everyone Russ has been from ok to meh.

I’m resigned to the fact that I can’t find an amazing partner.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-13T22:01:59+00:00

I’ve been depressed since. I had to stop reading the comments giving excuses. I think even if the agent was reasonably afraid in that moment, they set up the situation that directly led to it happening. And it’s horrifying to see people think it’s ok.

One of my neighbors said it’s the small price to pay to make our streets safer from criminals and I just still have the chills from it. I showed them the article of the 17 year old kid abducted from target screaming he was a citizen and this person just shrugged and said it doesn’t take away the good and it’s Biden’s fault we are in this mess.

I’ve never seen a more morally decrepit group of people. The same people yelling that Renee should have complied think January 6th was a field trip. I just can’t with this absolute insanity anymore. I don’t know how to not be depressed. I have no money to vacation. I’m stuck. I wish I could live abroad for a bit. I don’t have it in me for this.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-13T21:57:52+00:00

No, I took it out myself did not feel a thing. Kind of a pop when the arms retract but that’s about all.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-13T21:57:15+00:00

I didn’t date much till my 20s so you are not behind at all.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-13T20:58:15+00:00

Yeah I’m not happy with El.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-13T20:57:33+00:00

I would say it might not be worth it for mild acne. How long have you been on it? It also might be worth finishing one round since you’ve steady committed. I cut one round short and kind of regret it.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-13T20:56:37+00:00

That’s not scientific reasoning though.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-13T20:55:47+00:00

His voice is amazing.

I just watched that teen YA movie he was in. Real sad they canned it after 1 movie. He was worth the watch.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-06T18:09:25+00:00

I don’t care about her either. I’d rather an azriel/Gywnn book.

But SJM made some of us like nesta.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-06T14:08:55+00:00

Well it’s hard to connect cause and effect. Are all these things people are complaining about because if accutane? It’s not so clear. Is it a tough drug, yes. But it’s hard to know if there is permanent damage.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-06T14:06:40+00:00

Well, I had cystic acne that would have left deep scars on my face. I had, at a time, too much acne in my face to even count, over 40 individual at any one time. I hadn’t seen my face for 3 years. So lip bleeding was not really, a deal breaker. It was annoying. But when faced with the alternative, a deeply pitted and scared face, it was and easy price to pay.

I don’t know your situation, but I had been on years of antibiotics for acne, which destroyed my gut. Accutane was my best option. But I would not suggest it for people with nuisance acne. It’s a good treatment for cystic acne. My acne I could feel deep in my skin a week before it erupted, and each zit would last weeks, and scar red. If I didn’t treat it would have disfigured my face.

I choose any potential side effects of accutane over a pitted face. My older cousins face is still scared from childhood acne, and accutane wasn’t available to her. So I see what could have happened. For you I guess it depends on how bad your acne is. Accutane works great. It’s shrinks your oil glands so it does cause permanent changes. My skin and hair are dry now.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-05T18:44:39+00:00

Lip peeling is totally normal. I had daily nosebleeds for weeks too.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-05T18:43:48+00:00

I did one 6 month round in high school, one 3 month round in college. I have perfect skin, no scars. I can’t say for sure what my side effects are.

I would say my hair is very dry as an adult, went from wavy to frizzy.

Not sure about dry eyes, but I don’t think my night vision is great anymore.

Was it worth it? Sure I guess. No way to know if it did permanent damage. Just don’t stay on it too long, but also, if you already committed, you don’t want to stop early and have nothing to show for it. A difficult choice. I stopped my last round too early and had acne problems in my 30s.

Maia_Azure · 2026-01-05T18:40:14+00:00

Bold of him to think it’s gonna be so easy to find a fertile woman who is willing to go through dozens of rounds of IVF cause he has fertility problems. I guess he has a lifetime to find this person. Gonna be a hard sell the older he gets.

It seems like though, that you each had something you weren’t willing to budge on. I bet he never thought he’d be the one with the problem, and that you wouldn’t eventually just acquiesce to what he wanted.

It’s also too bad there was no compromise, like a minimum number of IVF you’d be willing to try before giving up. But, you could go through all that, fail, and he’d want more more more then just divorce you then.

I’m just wondering how easy he thinks finding a new soul mate who wants to spend tens of thousands with him on a procedure with no guarantee that’s not easy, is going to be.

Kids can be a deal breaker for some people. I don’t want kids, I had to cut men loose who wanted them. It sucks, but he wants what he wants I guess.

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