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Hello! I have a question about dating in Sweden, and I have not found answers through googling so far. For context, I was briefly 'talking to' a guy from Sweden online. I was 19(F) and he was 26 at the time. He did not tell me his real age until later; he told me that he was 21 when we first met.
After I found out, he told me that for someone his age to date someone my age is normal in Sweden. He explained that age 18 is considered being an adult in Sweden, but older people usually do not date them until they are at least 19. This way, the younger people can have a year of getting used to being an adult. He also told me that many women around his age in Sweden want to get married and have children, which he was not interested in doing.
I'm wondering if this is true about Sweden, or if he lied to me about this.
No not at all 18 and 22 is no big deal. You both are legal age in the usa. Now if you were 22 and she was 15 we would have a problem with that =) Vote. I am from France and our age of consent is creepingly low and we did not even had laws regulating this until only a few years ago. Yeah schools don't put enough emphasis on this kind of thing, it happens to often, and even to my friend who was 15 ended up getting with an 18 year old and for some reason she ended up moving in with him and his parents. Not as big as a gap as your one but it's still twisted. When I was active on dating apps at age 30, I was talking to / going on dates with men in their early 40s. I’m very mature for my age, and my ex husband was my age, so I figured a man ten years older than me would be more mature / have his shit together (yeah, the joke was on me there!). To be fair, ageism is VERY real and intense on Grindr. People just don't wanna deal. Besides, if it's just a hookup and you're going around saying 'no one over 30,' you honestly should not be surprised when some guys claim to be 29. Nevermind any opinions on age restrictions, it's just dumb for anyone to expect honesty there.
EDIT - Just so you all know, I stopped seeing this guy a little while ago. This happened before I made the post. But regardless, thank you for the feedback! This was definitely a learning process for me.
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Last summer I (23m) worked at a summer camp in California, and I met this girl (17f) who was absolutely the most perfect person I ever encountered. She's funny, nice, witty, smart and fun. The way she was with the kids totally melted my heart, she's so wholesome with everything she does. Also she's so gorgeous, she has the most beautiful eyes and flowing dark hair and a smile that is literally a symbol for pure happiness. It's a complicated story, I know her older brother (25), which is really protective of her. So that's something I'm not sure how I can deal with. I've been eating myself for the last 2 months about what I should do, I've never been so in love with someone, and we talked a few times and she told me she is looking for someone older who's ready to get married and she's looking for someone to spend her whole life with (she's a bit religious but so am I). We've been flirting during the summer and I kinda get a feeling that she likes me back, but I'm afraid I'm wrong. I'm not sure what to feel about the age difference, do I wait until she's 18 to say something? I've been thinking about it and if she feels emotionally ready for a long term relationships is it that meaningful? I mean when I'm 30 she's 24 and then does it really make a difference? Do I say something now and risk my friendship with her and her brother? Or do I wait? Or do I just let it go? I'm so lost in the whole situation. Edit: we live in a country where we start college very late (I'm not in college yet) and the country's very small, so even when we start college we're an hour away from each other tops. Also a lot of religious women get married at 18-20.
