Remember people laughed at Klay for saying they would have 140150 point games ? <| sep |> Well I don ' t know what else to call being attracted to a girl who in all honesty should seem like a child still if you ' re in your 40 s . I ' m only 24 and even I am starting to look at 18 year olds as . Teens . You could call it normal ? There ' s nothing weird or strange to be physically attracted to someone who is physically an adult . Gender doesn ' t have anything to do with it , cougars are a thing afterall . If it ' s just about having fun the mental aspect doesn ' t really play a role here . I really wouldn ' t get into a serious relationship with an 18 year old unless they were mentally mature and on the same level as me . It ' s mostly people around my own age that tend to be on that same level . But if an attractive 18 year old wants to have fun , no strings attached , consensual , and safe , and I ' m not committed to anyone else , why not ? I can ' t imagine myself changing that opinion because I got older . The age gap doesn ' t really matter much once everyone is adults . Do you also think it ' s creepy for a 40 year old to date a 60 year old ? Personally I sometimes do find it creepy when I see someone hit on someone a lot younger than them , but at the same time I think it ' s fine . I understand that everyone is attracted to beautiful people so who am I to say you ' re too old for himher ? Doing that would be pretty insulting to the 18 year old an adult because it questions their ability to make their own decisions . I remember how much I ' ve hanged in only 6 years and I can ' t imagine being 40 and thinking of these teenagers because that ' s what they are as anything other than children at that point in my life . When I was still in high school , I knew a few mentally mature 18 year olds , some even worked part time while also taking care of their sick or disabled parents . Nothing like a big kick of responsibility to knock teenagers into adulthood . I ' m in my 20 s , living well , supporting myself financially , but I ' d say some of those teens were more adultlike than me in a lot of ways . There ' s no way I ' d consider them to be mentally children . Although maybe they ' re the exception , the majority of the teens I grew up I ' d agree with you , they focused on typical superficial garbage and I ' d consider them mentally children . Although looking at their social media presence now , I wouldn ' t say they ' ve grown up much .