Ethical question for the group. If you aged mentally but physically you’re still a high...

I think for this situation since he’s still in a physically young body it’s still fine-

I mean, people do be simping for 1000 year olds as long as they are pretty/handsome. It makes me wonder if appearance is the main reason people are disgusted with others over 25 but with large age gaps dating. And if those same people would be fine with that if humans didn't age physically.

I personally believe that consent is key, and to give consent your mind has to develop and you have to understand enough about the world to know how to protect yourself. However, after a certain age your mind stops developing, and you already experienced and understood enough to give proper consent. So as long as the two parties are able to give consent, I don't see why they cannot like each other.

I'm not saying there aren't legitimate ethical concerns with people of large age gaps dating, such as the younger one being easier to be manipulated by the older party, or the increased likelihood of the older party having "impure" motivations etc. But I feel that the root cause is more of a personality issue than a age-gap issue, and that's why it is also important for the younger party to be able to give proper consent and know when it becomes a toxic relationship.

However irl I also wouldn't prefer to date anyone too old physically. Coz of lifespan issues and practical issues like difference in worldview, not because of ethical reasons. Otherwise, if adults wanna date then let them do it.

It’s weird but this is fiction so don’t think too hard

For this story, we apply suspension of disbelief

I think it's also less ick because MC started liking him since MC was 18? It's not like they were strangers, he time travelled and started liking a high schooler. He already liked him from before the time travel made an age gap.

Honestly thats a solid point

I don't know.
It'd pretty effed up that he still likes him at 50yo.
But my man has been through hell so i just want him to be happy

Hm you do make a fair point

i kinda think it's less of an icky to me than other age gap stuff bc MC hasn't actually lived a normal life since he's been 18. Like he's definitely gotten more life experiences but not the usual kind that he'd get from living in the normal world. I'm curious to see how the author makes the MC deal with all that trauma tho, in case he doesn't deside to actually die in 100 days

i mean i'd question it some if he wasn't in love with him when they were the same age 1st. but since he fell for him before the time jump back from the future; i can't see it being all that bad. plus there's the mental aging. sure, he did age in ways. but it was more so in traumatic survival ways where he was focused on 1 point. it wasn't aging by having normal relationships or by going through life and maturing normally. so basically his emotional growth in those factors stopped at that very age.