Aroace thoughts/rants

Uncomfortable age gaps

So I don't know why but I feel like books (and she's too but the two examples I have are both books) have uncomfortable age gaps between ships and it's not that the age gap is big, because it's only a few years but it's the maturity.

23 and 26 isn't a bad age gap. It's 3 years.
But 12 and 15? 15 and 18? Those are 3 years too but it's just doest sit right with me.

I'm reading this book, I've read it before but I don't really remember how it goes. There's this 12 year old girl and this boy and it said he looked like he was 3 or 4 older than her which would make him 15 or 16.

I don't remember if they're a ship or not but I think the girl does like have a crush on him? I don't know. But like if they are supposed to be shipped, why not just make the boy also 12 or 13?

And it feels like people don't think about the age gap form a stand point of how mature each age is because yes 3 years isn't a lot, my parents were 8 years apart. But they met when they were like in their 20s.

People are so quick to ship people just because they're both the main characters or they spend like 2 minutes of time together and all of the sudden "they have chemistry"

The other weird age gap I think of is this one book where this girl is 17 and about to be a senior in highschool and she meets this dude who just recently graduated. I think he's like 20.

17 and 20. Still in highschool, and already graduated. And he literally calls her a kid in the beginning. And they're supposed to be this cute ship and like yeah they'd be cute I guess if they were a little closer in age because 17 and 20 is kinda weird. Like one is a minor and one's an adult. I think she was about to turn 18 soon but like still.

Like do people not think about the age gaps and just ship whoever the story wants you too? 

Anyways that's all I have to say. Thanks for listening and I hope you all have a wonderful day/night, take care 💚💜