Would I be a bad person for continuing to be friends with someone who dated a child?

[Anonymous]

We have been friends for 14 years. My friend is 27, and i am 29 if that matters. I was talking to my friend in a party on psn last night. He was talking about how he's been drinking a lot more lately. I asked why, and he told me that he's been feeling incredibly guilty about something he's done in his past. It took me a while to get it out of him, but he eventually told me that he dated an 11 year old girl when he was around 18. He said he may have been 19. I just told him that what's done is done, and as long as you never date a minor again, then you are good. He told me he told his therapist too and they are working on it.

[Aerissa_Jade]

Who am I to judge what someone did in their past, everyone has demons in their closet, or skeletons if you haven't buried the body yet.

Ending the friendship might just make him close up and not talk anymore and might end up with worse results, doing other bad things. Figures already done bad stuff why stop now.

How would you feel if you ended it because he opened up to you and then he killed himself over it?

Not your fault but you might wonder if you could of done something more.

Loners are often the worst criminals when no one wants to be their friends because of things they've done.

[Guy13]

Life is fragile. I think he is starting down the right road. It will probably be a lifetime before this comes to fruition. You can feel the snowball starting to roll, right? It will not stop until the end...