Because I seriously don’t think it’s morally wrong at all for a 26 year old man to have a one night stand with a really hot 18 year old woman because they’re both literally consenting adults. I’m from Calgary Alberta and in Alberta the drinking age is 18. So I don’t see anything morally wrong at all for me to have a one night stand with a really hot 18 year old woman that I met at the bar because me and her are both consenting adults and she has all the same legal rights that I have she can vote, she can join the military, she can purchase cigarettes, she can purchase alcohol, and she can buy a house.
Now when it comes to dating a 18 year old woman. Personally I don’t have any desire to date anyone at all because dating and being in romantic relationship with just doesn’t appeal to me.
But if a 26 year old man met an 18 year old woman at the bar and they both decided that they want to go on a date with eachother then I also don’t see anything morally wrong with that either because they are both consenting adults.
Legally there’s no problem, as you’ve pointed out a dozen times
Morally, you gotta look at a case by case basis. The 18th birthday doesn’t magically turn someone into an adult, it’s an arbitrary line because the line had to be drawn somewhere. Some 18 year olds look 12, some look 30, some are fully mature and some are large children.
Now to actually answer your question, is it wrong for a 26yo to hook up with 18?
In general probably not (with proper consent and stuff)
But… there’s some major red flag vibes in the way you wrote the question so I’m gonna say in your case YES WRONG GTFO