• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Ok…but that’s not the scenario in question.

      I mean, fuck, imagine if he beats her and killed her dog. We can “imagine” things all day.

      • arin@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        It’s not but one is an adult and shouldn’t be in a relationship with the kid

          • arin@lemmy.world
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            11 months ago

            Not in the US… Kids have to breakup when they turn 18 lol

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              11 months ago

              That’s not true. About half the states in the US have “Romeo and Juliet” laws to protect couples in this situation. For example, when my husband and I started dating I was 19 and he was 16, and that age gap was perfectly legal in my state.

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                11 months ago

                the kids themselves breakup when they turn 18 to avoid being frowned upon

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          11 months ago

          Yeah but this is only happening in your made-up story that didn’t happen and isn’t relevant to what we’re talking about, so why you going on about it?

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          11 months ago

          Maybe not in the republic of Mormon land but fuck you retard. I had the best time in my life at that age, guess what I was the 16 y.o. part.

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      11 months ago

      In my native country that’s perfectly fine as well, if the age gap is less than 5 years and one is less than 18 they are literally both kids, whether one of them has passed an imaginary line or not. This is just being pedantic. You will reply “uhhh so an 18 years old should be able to date a 13 years old?” completely ignoring that a 17 yo can anyway date a 12 yo without any problem. What are we even talking about? At that age parents should supervise them anyway