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In reply to the discussion: Happy birthday, you're a sex offender! Florida girl charged upon turning 18, for dating a 15yo girl. [View all]HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)and had been dating a boy who was a Sophomore and was 15. There was a 2 and a half year age difference. They started seeing each other when he was 14 and she was 17.
Once when his parents invited us over for a BBQ, his Dad started joking around about how Rach was now legally adult, and that they could prosecute her. Was he serious? Absolutely not, although we all found his jokes offense, especially my daughter. However, seriously, how many fathers of sons would prosecute an "older woman" (he called her that) of 18 for dating their sons in high school? Actually, in hindsight his Dad was probably WISHING there was something more going on because there WASN'T. "We are really just FRIENDS", my daughter would say. I believed her. WHY?
John would come over my house just to talk to me, about COOKING. John would come over my house just to talk to my older lesbian daughter, about gay rights. My older daughter said she thought John was gay.
John came out in college. He is now engaged to be married, to a man. John is now 26 years old, so NOTHING his parents can do about that.
My feeling is that this girl's parents have an AGENDA, and just waited until the other girl turned 18 to take advantage of this law. They are ruining two lives here, and I am sure will get a LOT of very negative publicity across the country.