18 year old dating a 16 year old?

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Spartan_Warrior Feb 25, 2020 @ 8:58am

do y'all think that's weird? whats your max age difference in your mind.

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Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Originally posted by Starbug:
Originally posted by Darkie:

They could, if it was of own choice and families supported it or did not care. If the 50 year old was a female teacher and the 16 year old a boy student in her class, then it would be illigal. Again it depends on the "auhority" situation and if there is any type of taking advantage of, if they are not present then age does not matter, as long as it is within the law.

But most people would frown upon that ofc, because people have set values.

There has to be an assumption that when an adult begins a relationship with a child that there's been a large element of grooming beforehand.

There's no way on earth a 14 year old should be in a sexual relationship with someone that much older than them. To frame that as "love" would be ignorant of the prior manipulation of the child by a controlling adult.

I'm honestly shocked that apparently civilised European countries still class a 14 year old child as being capable of entering into a relationship of this type with a person that age.

My niece is 14 and if she was in this sort of relationship with a man twice her age, he'd be getting a surprise visit from her dad and myself to have a small chat. With that small chat being an euphemism for threats of extreme violence to follow should he fail to leave her alone.

Edit. No need to make further debate, since it will just stir a huge debate without much meaning.

Let me just close it by saying, that in the OP's case I think it is perfectly fine and natural

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Xero_Daxter Feb 25, 2020 @ 8:58am

My parents are 15 years apart and it makes me wonder sometimes.......

s w e k Feb 25, 2020 @ 8:59am

I prefer legal.

BushyBeefCurtains Feb 25, 2020 @ 8:59am

Well I’m 17 and I’d never date anyone under 17 lol so yeah I find that weird

Spartan_Warrior Feb 25, 2020 @ 8:59am

Originally posted by s w e k k y:
I prefer legal.

mosts states allow for dating to happen between adults and minors as long as there is no sex. most also have 2-3 year age difference laws. i.e 25 and 17 not okay but 20 and 17 is

Last edited by Spartan_Warrior; Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:00am

Not BnW Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:02am

i mean the age of consent is 16 in a lot of countries

Biff Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:03am

2 years difference is not bad at all. Its more about compatibility; personality, same interests, that sort of thing.

s w e k Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:04am

Originally posted by Spartan_Warrior:
Originally posted by s w e k k y:
I prefer legal.
mosts states allow for dating to happen between adults and minors as long as there is no sex. most also have 2-3 year age difference laws. i.e 25 and 17 not okay but 20 and 17 is

Here in IL, a 17 year old can date someone way older than them, say, 35, and it's allowed as long as the older person doesn't have a position of authority over the 17 year old. It's still kinda weird to me, but whatever.

And you mean a minor as in a 16 or 17 year old, right?

I see your edit. Well, I don't think it's that weird if it's just a few years difference and the age is 17.

Last edited by s w e k; Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:16am

Xautos Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:06am

legal age in the UK is 16 for consent. so a 19 and 16 year old is normal out in our part of the world. but then again so is teenage pregnancies for girls between 14 and 16 year olds anyway. unfortunate fact that exists today and an alarming trend with young people as well.

Last edited by Xautos; Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:06am

mimizukari Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:06am

Originally posted by Spartan_Warrior:
Originally posted by s w e k k y:
I prefer legal.
mosts states allow for dating to happen between adults and minors as long as there is no sex. most also have 2-3 year age difference laws. i.e 25 and 17 not okay but 20 and 17 is

in those states there can only be a 1 year difference.

AdahnGorion Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:26am

That would be pretty normal in my region of the world, infact it would not be weird if the boy/girl was 21 and the other 16 or 17.. Legal age is most likely also lower than in some states in the union.

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Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍 Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:30am

Doesn't bother me really that much. I was five years older than my wife. My folks had 15 years difference.

And thanks to the fourth transformers movie I now know about Romeo and Juliet laws.

I hate knowing as much as I do

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alicerinz Feb 25, 2020 @ 9:32am

I had a friend in middle school who dated an 18 year old.

She even invited him once when we went to hang out. Has to be one of the more awkward moments of my life.

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