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Girl Talk 17w
Is 21 and 26 a weird age gap?
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Anonymous 17w

Realistically, probably. I’ve never known a 21 year old that I wouldn’t feel weird about seeing them involved with a 26 year old

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Anonymous 17w

Our brains are quite literally developed differently by 26 than at 21

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Anonymous 17w

Yeah a little bit, but I could see it working if both are out of college or if the 21yo only has a year left

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Anonymous 17w

I often feel like an old woman in here, just turned 24, but look you can be an “adult” and still be not at that point in life. There’s a reason much of society doesn’t treat the college aged as true adulthood

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Anonymous 17w

I think it depends where you are at in life. I was 19 and my bf was 24 but we had both just started college and were on the same life paths.

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Anonymous 17w

Yes it's weird because mentally what do you even have in common

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Anonymous 17w

i’m 21 and my bf is 25, we met when we were 18 and 21. i’m the wrong person to ask

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Anonymous replying to -> slutty_anakin 17w

But if I was said 21yo, I would not make any hard commitments (engaged, baby, etc) until you’ve been dating them a while and after college

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

Getting downvoted for commenting science is wild but welcome to girl talk ig

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 17w

I’m too tired to post photos from literal neuroscience research publications. But then again, idk that people actually read science anymore

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 17w

We will just ignore the prefrontal cortex and go solely off emotions and feelings

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

It's all "educate yourself" until it doesn't fit what they want to hear 🥀

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 17w

Sitting over here with my Bachelors in Neuroscience and minor in Psychology current enrolled in medical school. I’m so used to this.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

I'm so sorry. Thank you for doing actual real helpful work in trying to move humanity forward ❤️ I see you

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 17w

Thank you! Although I have to make it out of medical school still sane. Time will tell. But my end goal is to bring better compassion to Psychiatry

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 17w

I can get a touch heated about it because so many women will come into your office and are working through dissecting traumas related to those types of imbalanced relationships

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