Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9962367-20130726233702/@comment-17731212-20130929130005

Derekbrn wrote: Zatiria Z wrote: Of course one person being 27 and another being 25 is not a big deal but the relative diffrence between a person who is 15 and antoher who is 17? Very noticable. In real world terms Ruby would be a middle school student while Jaune would be a high school student. 15 would be freshman year of high school. Heck, I was 14 when I started.

In any case, there's a simple formula I use for figuring out if an age difference is "weird" or not: n ≥ (6/7) m, where n is the minimum age of the younger partner and m the maximum age of the older partner. In this case, 17 * (6/7) ≈ 14.57; 15 is more than that, so Ruby+Jaune should be fine. On the other hand, if we advance just one year, 18 * (6/7) ≈ 15.42; so Ruby dating a year-two student would be more of a grey area.

Of course, we're also evaluating this by our own cultural standards. It wasn't that long ago that marrying off your daughter at 12 or 13 to men in their mid-thirties was considered normal (in some places it still is). We have no idea what the standards are in Vale, so really, who are we to judge? When I was still back in my old country, I saw my classmates date girls 2 years younger or more. Seeing Ruby and Jaune together ain't a surprise to me. I've noticed that most relationships like that have both parties with the same or similar mentals states. Both of them definitely have that. Ruby and Jaune still have time to grow, and them growing together isn't impossible