They don't bring up the exact age that often. You can just pretend he's like 35 or something since the author doesn't draw him looking ancient
Lol lemme just shut my ass up for having an ex in their 50s and Im 20(￣∇￣")
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The age gap is what makes the story even better… it’s pushing societal norms. Which everyone is forced into a box their whole life and ridiculed for not following it. In multiple times in the story the age gap is brought up, but they show how it means nothing because the characters mesh so well. Not everyone 16 years apart mesh, but some couples do. This couple def does. (▰˘◡˘▰)
Yes I think so. The life experience of trying to conform and failing, then starting again and learning to be authentic, is so integral to the story. I'm happy to see stories like this
I do really like this perspective, it’s makes it easier for me to read for sure so thank you for that :). I feel like the thing that really bothers me is the maturity difference. Like a person in their early 20s is barley experiencing real life and I dunno it just rubs me the wrong way. But I’ll def take this into consideration and let it marinate in my brain for a while lol
Actually y’all are actively changing my mind lmaooo, thank you for your perspectives
You have to consider the ages they met at though, yoreum is a fully fledged adult, he's 25 and his brain is pretty much completely developed. It's not like he's 19, young and impressionable, he has lived alone and also worked jobs. Mr lim also has the right intentions, he is also never manipulating yoreum, honestly he's so innocent and sheltered he's learning more from yoreum than the other way around. There is no imbalanced power dynamic here and I say this as someone who always questions age gap relationships, but you can't just judge an age gap, you have to look at the whole relationship and the characters.
Okay I might get a lot of hate for this. But like I love this story, the way the author portrays the queer experience is so well written, I love the depth to the characters and also the theme of it’s never too late to try new things. I think it also has a lot of good social commentary. Im only on chapter 27 and their story of how they meet and everything is very sweet but AHHHHHH I can’t get over the age gappppppp, I’m trying to hard bc the other aspects of this story are soooo good, but it’s just like a man in his 40s and a dude in his EARLY 20s?! Like what, like age gaps are fine but 24 and 40? At least make him 30 or something. It’s just like a college kid and a grown adult and I just cringe at it ugh but I might come back to it bc peak writing but ahhhh I’m so conflicted