She's Older, He's Younger: Is a 7-Year Age Gap Too Much?

“If you feel wet, go and get wet.” That is the blunt, memorable advice Jordan Abraham and Jared Fried give a 33-year-old woman who has a crush on a 26-year-old man from her Wednesday night kickball league. She is worried about the seven-year age gap, specifically about being seen as “the creepy older woman.” The hosts spend the bulk of this Friday Feels episode of U Up? dismantling that fear, arguing that the age difference is largely irrelevant at the initial attraction stage and that the real work is simply making a move without making things awkward for the rest of the team.

The Petty or Prudent Question: Hiding a Partner’s Clothes

Before the main question, the hosts tackle a listener email about whether it is “petty or prudent” to hide a boyfriend’s unflattering clothes from him. The listener admits to stashing ugly athletic shorts and shirts in the back of the closet rather than having a conversation about them. Jordan and Jared land on a nuanced verdict: the hiding itself is petty, but the impulse is understandable. Jared argues that men wear clothes because they think it makes them more attractive, and he would rather be told directly—“I can’t look at you in that shirt”—than find out later that his partner has been secretly managing his wardrobe. Jordan agrees, noting that she has done this in her own relationship, but only after making a joke about the offending