Is it okay for a 22 year to date a 17 year old?

[Anonymous]

Is this inappropriate?

Yes

No

[Mishan97]

A 5 year gap isn’t much when he both in ur 20s or older but 17&22 is odd. Because one is still in highschool and the other is ready to graduate college and enter the work force, your mentalities and way of life is very different. The power imbalance is greater. If it were a 22 year old with a 27 year old it would be less weird because both are in a similar stage in their life-young working professionals who are most likely independent. For this reason, I can’t see myself being with a 17 year old or imagine being with a 22 year old back when I was 17. It’s too weird! & i would definitely think weirdly about a 22 guy if I heard he was dating a 17 year old.

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

As a 20 year old right now absolutely cannot even imagine at 22 what the fuck.
18 is the only age that it’s okay, if not that’s a whole fucking high schooler still and a 17 year old is definitely not mature yet so fuck no.

[genericname85]

say they are 17 and it's their birthday tomorrow. did they suddenly become an adult over night? xD or was whatever maturity they had there the last day already?

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

Yeah no just stop you’re not justifying your gross ass thought process

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

And you especially can’t be with an 18 year old in general that shit isn’t normal idgaf if it’s legal, ew asfk and alarming.

[Anonymous]

Am a say no mate half your age plus 7 thats the rule so 18. Also here's a little story my mate who was 18 19 at the time was dating a 16 year old and she was really immature and just crazy

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

He was dating a highschooler you do understand that right? Maybe she was acting her fucking age your mate was just a weirdo who sexualices a younger illegal teen regardless what was he expecting a girl who acts his age?

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

Sexualized**

[Opinion Owner]

Am from the uk and the age of consent is 16 and she would have been at sixth form or college so not in secondary.

Weather or not it was her acting her age which is very likely, but hey he was an idoit and regretted it after

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

Really? If you had the option to move the age of consent up to 18 would you?
16 year olds are definitely not ready to date adults unless the adult is on their same wave length which ofc most adults aren’t.

[Opinion Owner]

Well the probably i have we the age of consent laws is that a 40 year old could sleep with a 16 year old and that's perfectly legal.

I would maybe say at 16 you can sleep with people 16 to 18 and after 18 then you can sleep with who you want.

Maybe that'll help thing or not, not sure.

But i personally won't go out with anyone under the age of 18 (am 23).

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

I 💯agree with you on everything you said, I also think out here if I’m correct there is a law called “the Romeo and Juliet law” which allows for that to happen without any punishment because it’s completely understandable 18-19 you still aren’t an “adult adult” yet like that you’re still overall a teen lol

[Opinion Owner]

Wh am not sure tbh I've never heard of it. But i have heard of 16 year olds going to prison (under 18 one) and being put on the sexual affenders list for having sex with a girl who was going to turn 16 in a mouth.

I believe it was consental as well. Well as consental as it can be. I think we consent laws it needs to be based more on age difference before a curtain point rather bc i don't think that kid should have gone to prison for sleeping with someone basically the same age as him

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

I don't know if it’s in all states but I know one out here you would have to have parents consent pretty much and you legally could but not engage in any sex so even if parents consent it’s still illegal to do and I agree with you though 💯!

[Opinion Owner]

Damn couldn't imagine that conversation "hey dad sign this form so me and my boyfriend can sleep together" i imagine not many of them get signed

[laPrincesitaRoxi]

No that’s the one thing that’s off limits you can’t get consent to have sex you can just normal date that’s it lol

[Liam_Hayden]

Views will vary on this, probably with most leaning towards "wait till she is 18." Legally it depends upon the law where you live.

[aaliyah_loyen]

I guess it is okay since he is only 5 years older than her. If he truly loves her and cares that is.

[genericname85]

i think that's just about acceptable, as long as you can wait with having sex for a bit.

[COMMODOREII]

Yes its ok and its not appropriate. It depends on the law.

[Cryptic-Game]

It is borderline. People in the 1960s could do that.

[Dchrls78104]

Inappropriate in my country.

[Anonymous]

No. Wait until she's 18 and of age