Is it normal to take longer than 5 months to beat Pokemon red?

Depends how frequent/how much you play.

It's not the same being 10 hours every day for 5 months grinding, as doing casual online matches with your friends every now and then.
 
Game is a scam, you can't get all the pokemans without having another game and trading them while restarting multiple times and all kinds of stuff.
 
I've had my red pokey man (my penis) for much longer than 5 months and I try to beat it as often as possible. (Except Sundays because that is the Lord's day and he wants to keep it holy)
 
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