[NeuroBeautiful]

So I was writing a long post about the legal age of consent for sex and realized that dating won't necessarily include sexual behaviors. So in that sense I don't think there is any specific legal terms. Which means assuming both teens are interested and consent to a relatiinship, that if one or both people in the relationship are growing up in a home with restrictions on dating then I would say parents and older family members have a lot of input on what ends up being perceived as socially acceptable. Whether the teens agree or disagree with the older generation, the older folks set the standards and of course there are those that break the rules. Which is all to say, it most likely varies where you live. 14 and 18 year olds dating here as odd. But 13-15 dating is seen as okay. Probably rule of thumb iis up to 3 years apart for teens dating teens.

Other than socially, there's practical and cultural factors. Like some people don't want to date a 17 year old if they're only 15 because that means the 17 year old will go off to college and things get murky.