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23 year old dating 18 year old in high school?

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Borderline pedo
There both of age so who cares
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Success · 26-30, F
There is no legal age for dating. My spouse was only 14 when we began.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Success If he was 14 and you were 12, I wouldn’t be comfortable with that.
Success · 26-30, F
@SimplyTracie Dating isn't necessarily sexual.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Success I wasn’t thinking of sex.
DonaldTrumpet · 70-79, M
AdulTz so peoPLeZ shud mind Theirz OwnZ paedo ass
SW-User
Half plus seven rule: just short. Next year will be ok.
At 18 you are an adult.Can’t see a problem-provided you are not one of their teachers
I think people need to realize it is only in the modern era when social media and SJW mindsets and over political correctness changed this line of thinking. my grandmother and grandfather fell in love when she was 15-16 and he was 19-20 and they got married 3-4 years after being together. The age of consent while I agree with it has gone a bit nuts and over board as long as the age is within reason I don't see the issue there is 10 years between my parents for instance but they were both of legal age when they met.
eMortal · M
@CorkyCourtney I agree with you. Everything about dating is creepy these days if doesn't fit the standard of political correctness!
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@CorkyCourtney I agree. My mother was 17 and my dad was 25 and she was just finishing high school. If anything, she was the stronger more mature one in the relationship.
I feel like even at 22 I would feel like a creep. Technically it’s legal but they are still so childish. I feel like it is borderline pedophilia tbh.
DonaldTrumpet · 70-79, M
@MorbidCynic u ediRs is or I NOTz a PaeDOZ Huns

MakeZ UPZ URz fuzzY WimENZ MinDZ
I never said I was the most mature, but compared to my 18 year old self, I am much better.

I find that funny coming from the loser who just spends his time whining about religion. I made those type of posts when I was 14 😂 @Pikachu
@DonaldTrumpet I said borderline 🤷‍♀️ They’re getting close there lol
I'm torn ... a relationship between someone who is just embarking on legal adulthood and someone who has a few years experience with it might result in the younger adjusting plans and dreams to accommodate the romance...
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@Mamapolo2016 it could help the younger one not mKe the stupid decisions that fucks most of us over
I suppose it might - but that is not usually the way it works.

I don't think it's creepy, I'm just not sure it's [i]fair.[/i]@SW-User
The law sets a minimum age and that's the minimum age. Period. You can't have each and every person setting their own age. A 23-year-old can use and abuse an 18-year-old or treat her/him well. And an 18-year-old can use and abuse a 23-year-old or treat him/her well. It just depends on the person.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@quitwhendone It’s a personal thing for me. I just don’t agree with it. But I’m sure teachers do bang some of their students.

You do any of your teachers in high school? 🤭
@SimplyTracie Oh, I am not saying I was ok with it. I thought it was weird and I had trouble processing it but I was 11 or 12 at the time. They were 18 and 23. I had no idea what it was like to be that mature so I had no clue. But both of them seemed like pretty good people. I dunno how I feel about it, to be honest. Some 18-year-olds are mature, others are not. I have a 19-year-old niece who may as well be 15. She isn't very mature at all. But I've known 18 and 19-year-olds who were more mature and worldly than I was when I was 23.

I think part of the issue is that adults don't want to admit that an 18-year-old girl (or boy...I should say, young woman and young man) is losing the innocence of their childhood. Adults (especially the parents involved) want to hold on to those precious childhood and teen years for longer than the actual years.

I know that when I was 18, I knew many older women I would gladly have been with if I had the chance. And I may have been out of my league but I would have done it and learned from the experience. I would have looked at it as a learning experience, not an older person preying on me.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@quitwhendone I Gotcha.
Silverwings · 61-69, F
🌹 Love is love, and who are we to intervene? I was 14, he was 19, we married and I had our first child at 15, who is to say what is right and what is wrong?
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Silverwings State law is to say what is right and what is wrong.
Silverwings · 61-69, F
@SimplyTracie My neighbor signed for me, I do not think I could have ever got my mom to. What state would possibly say that 18 was too young, to marry, they certainly do not make that distinction when it comes to sending them into war to possibly die.
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@Silverwings I think getting married at 18 is perfectly fine. I got no problems with that.
calicuz · 51-55, M
It's ok as long as the maturity level of the 23 yr old is low and the maturity level of the 18 yr old is high
Gouzi · 26-30, M
In England, the legal age is 16.
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SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@SW-User What does the age of puberty got to do with this? 🤭
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SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
@SW-User Gotcha. Understood
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Why the hell would anyone wanna date someone that's still in high school? It's sus, tbh. Sure, the person's an adult. Barely. But let's be honest, the other person isn't even a teenager anymore. They got a life, they're probably not living with their parents, they probably have money and a job. You can't tell me that they have the same level of maturity as a high school student. It just seems like they're fulfilling some weird schoolgirl fantasy, or trying to get with someone vulnerable. It's gonna be a no from me, dawg. I can't imagine dating a highschooler, and I literally got out of high school last year.
[c=#359E00]i've seen school girls dating college student before, even my friend did that. It's okay[/c]
saintsong · 41-45, F
I was 16 my husband was 36 when we first started dating 23 years later we have 4 kids!
Longpatrol · 31-35, M
As long as they’re not working at the school as a TA or whatever they’re safe.
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Rickg · 31-35, M
I don’t see a problem with it
so ? both adults
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To me it's about the maturity of both and the equality and respect in the relationship. Some people of those ages can be the perfect couple while with others it's clear one is taking advantage of the other.
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Legally they are good. I must say 18 is stil too young but never mind. As long not younger than that.
Chevy454 · 46-50, M
Both legal and both still kids so sure
Silverwings · 61-69, F
@Chevy454 Some are older than their years signify!
SimplyTracie · 26-30, F
Are you gonna edit the quasi question later?
SW-User
There's nothing wrong with that.
The last option in the poll
GJOFJ3 · 61-69, M
I see no problem with it!
Tres13 · 51-55, M
fine with me

 
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