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XemaSab

(60,212 posts) Sat May 25, 2013, 12:12 AM May 2013

When I was a freshman in high school there was a boy in my class who was [View all]

dating an 18-yo female senior, and yes, they had sex.

When he was a senior, he said that he felt very manipulated and victimized by the situation.

What do y'all think?

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When I was a freshman in high school there was a boy in my class who was [View all] XemaSab May 2013 OP

I think his feelings were honest! hrmjustin May 2013 #1

no offense but there's no way I believe your story dlwickham May 2013 #2

all people aren't the same JI7 May 2013 #6

It totally happened XemaSab May 2013 #11

well it seems unusual in the extreme from my pov. Schema Thing May 2013 #14

You would at 14. But at 18, you may have a different opinion. jeff47 May 2013 #32

This should go well alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #3

I dunno LeftInTX May 2013 #4

Wow, that happened with my band director as well... sweetloukillbot May 2013 #16

I had an older biology teacher that married one of his students and that was in the late 50's, early appleannie1 May 2013 #30

cool story lunasun May 2013 #5

I think the responses here provide their own answer. Bonobo May 2013 #7

I believe that a girl/woman who would date someone that much younger was probably a very okaawhatever May 2013 #8

Wait, what? blueamy66 May 2013 #25

I don't think i made myself clear. I was trying to say that emotional age and physical age are two okaawhatever May 2013 #35

When I was a freshman in HS... Chan790 May 2013 #9

I find nothing wrong with that. blueamy66 May 2013 #26

This "cool story, bro" moment brought to you by LittleBlue May 2013 #10

They were both drama dorks XemaSab May 2013 #12

This explains much LittleBlue May 2013 #18

People grow up and change and look at things differently at a later age. alp227 May 2013 #13

I can readily imagine being thrilled at 14 and feeling I had been manipulated at 18. Shrike47 May 2013 #15

When I was a senior in high school Blue_In_AK May 2013 #17

congrats on the ten years onethatcares May 2013 #19

We've been on vacation in SE Alaska since the 17th Blue_In_AK May 2013 #20

Just throwing this in... Bigmack May 2013 #21

I think that he was full of shit and someone put words into his mouth blueamy66 May 2013 #22

I raised two boys and they said that about girls of every age lunatica May 2013 #23

A lot of things happen in High School Xyzse May 2013 #24

+10000 blueamy66 May 2013 #27

When I was a sophomore, I had a brief relationship with MineralMan May 2013 #28

I think I don't have enough information to have an opinion. nolabear May 2013 #29

Personally speaking... CincyDem May 2013 #31

I was 15 Maine-ah May 2013 #33

I don't think eighteen year olds should be in high school. hunter May 2013 #34