The creeper's formula

= (Man's age) + 14 - 2 * (Woman's age) is the creepers formula. It calculates the number of years a creep has to wait before a woman is within the socially acceptable age range to date, according to the "Half Plus Seven" rule.

Ordinarily say if a man is 36, the woman has to be at least "Half Plus Seven", meaning 25. That's fine, but what if the man is a 36 year old creeper and he meets a 20 year old he wants to date. He can't. He has to wait a certain number of years until she's within the "Half Plus Seven" range.

That's when you use the above formula.

So if the guy is 36, first you add 14. That gives you 50. Next you subtract twice her age (40) and subtract that from 50, you get i10. That means he have to wait 10 years.

Let's test this out.

The 36 year old creep, in 10 years will be 46
The 20 year old girl, in 10 years will be 30.

Validating with the Half Plus Seven rule: Half of 46 is 23, plus 7 is 30. Voila!

Alice: I'm only 20. You're 36. I'm too young for you.
Bob: Well, according to the creeper's formula we can date in ten years.
Alice: bet