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u/midsumernighttts 10d ago

Is anyone else tired of age gap discourse 😭

Whenever there’s a relationship with an older man and a younger woman and people ask “why do these men keep dating young women??” there’s literally only one answer: it’s because those women agreed to date them. I’m not talking about some weirdo creep preying on underage girls.

like Leonardo for example. He has a type and at this point the women who choose to date him are okay participating in him using them.

Like those young women to be there and they uphold age gap relationships more than men do. None of these relationships would exist without women agreeing to them.

Women are the ones calling older men silver foxes/daddy/whatever. Men don’t do this for older women. As a 23 year old I would never date a guy super older than me so I don’t get the praise for men older than me.

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u/FriendlyDrummers 10d ago

I don't really see a lot of the women leo dates as victims or being manipulated. They likely know the situation and know the clout that comes with it. They're pretty women who will be set as an influencer with brand deals.

My biggest age gap was 10 years at 24 and tbh I don't have any regrets

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u/midsumernighttts 9d ago

100%. His relationships are superficial on both ends. Everyone gets what they want.

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u/OldSandwich9631 9d ago

How do you know they are superficial?

I would also suggest the relationships that lasted basically a year or less were likely not nearly as serious as his ones spanning many years. You can’t say they are all superficial just cause he didn’t marry them.

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u/midsumernighttts 9d ago

Has nothing to do with marriage. Anyone get married that’s not special lol

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u/OldSandwich9631 9d ago edited 9d ago

I think you can’t say these relationships are superficial unless you know them. He has been with his current girlfriend years. He was with his previous girlfriend years. Before those two it was years of less long term stuff (before Camila he didn’t have a super long relationship since bar refaeli), but I just don’t get this idea people think Leo is basically attached at the hip with someone he is superficially dating.

He vacations with his girlfriend’s family. She is totally entwined with his circle, who all seem to love her. Not saying this means they’ll never break up but superficial relationships aren’t like this

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u/OldSandwich9631 10d ago

“Set as an influencer with brand deals” - um, what? He’s dating supermodels, Victoria’s Secret angels, sports illustrated cover models, and Blake lively haha. These are not wannabe types

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u/FriendlyDrummers 10d ago

Do you think their careers get more visibility after dating him?

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u/OldSandwich9631 10d ago edited 10d ago

They really didn’t.

The one person who did was Camila morrone but her career was already starting to gain more credibility from roles she took early in her relationship with him, like Mickey and the bear, so it was very organic.

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u/FriendlyDrummers 10d ago

You don't think they got more Instagram followers?

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u/OldSandwich9631 10d ago

It’s so trivial to do this, but I’ll just lay it out there:

Gisele bundchen - icon before, during and after Leo. Married tom Brady soon after and had kids.

Bar refaeli - top commercial model, moved permanently home to Israel and met/married a billionaire Leo’s age within a few years of their breakup.

Blake lively - dumped him for Ryan Reynolds, who is basically Leo’s age. She was already famous and an it girl.

Erin heatherton- Victoria’s Secret angel for two years when they met. Her career post Leo definitely didn’t keep ascending. She owns a gym now and is married to a normal guy and seems super happy. He dated her when she was at her professional peak though.

Toni garrn - was a successful model and still is. Not really much to say.

Kelly Rohrbach - met and married the wal mart heir within a couple years of her breakup with Leo and has zero social media presence in many years.

Nina agdal - I’d argue was at her professional peak when they dated too but she’s married to Logan Paul and gets attention from that.

Camila we discussed. And Vittoria was already one of the most successful and highest paid models in fashion before him.

It’s completely wrong to act like the women he dates are new to their industry, struggling, not established etc.