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kylewarner7 #fundie mtgsalvation.com

Would you hate a man, who's 30 who dated a 22 year old. No! Would you hate a man, who's 22 who dated a 14 year old. You shouldn't!

People who have a problem with the age difference just need to grow up. My parents are 51 and 59, but you don't see anyone calling my mom a you know what! Anyone flames my parents on this forum you better hope an admin deletes your comment before I see it, because an admin is going to have to clean up mine. No offense to the admins.

a 22 year old is an adult. a 14 year old is a child. I don't see how this is such a difficult thing for some of you to grasp.

see now that raises another question, is an 18 year old really an adult? i've met plenty of 18 yr old's that give off the impression that they're more like 14 or 15 maturity wise

lareef #fundie mtgsalvation.com

Name-calling isn't necessary, he is not a creep or a pedophile. Also, the girl is not a child, she is an adolescent; a teenager. Using age as a deterrant as it has been used for the sake of argument against the relationship, let me explain an example that makes that sound less appealing:

At one point in my relationship, I was 18 years old and my girlfriend was 17. I was an adult and she was a teenager, similar to the situation described. It sounds dumb to say that a 17 and an 18 year old can't be in a relationship. Without sex involved, why should a 14 year old and an 18 year old be any different. We aren't talking about marriage after all.

In this situation, age is just a number. I personally think everyone is blowing this way out of context. Oh well, BG, if I were you, I wouldn't worry about what the people who come on here just to flame have to say. I would be careful and heed the advice that others have posted, but don't take anyone's insults personal.

If you choose to enjoy the company of a 14 year old, so be it. You aren't harming her in any way, so just treat her and yourself well, be smart, and responsible.

Alexander of future ruins #sexist mtgsalvation.com

There is a lot of negative stigma about it, but women used to marry older men at the age of 13 and were expected to have children, and somehow it wasn't viewed as horrible back then. It's all stigma and ignorance. If you can have a meaningful relationship with someone, wouldn't it be a greater injustice to terminate the relationship just because a couple of closed-minded people didn't agree with you?

zerp #fundie mtgsalvation.com

Fist off, I'm a senior and an 18 yo as well.

People keep on talking about how the relationship is potentially unhealthy for the 14 yo. It can also be healthy! Making mistakes and learning from them is important in life, if this relationship turns out to be a mistake for her, then maybe next time she won't date a guy who's "too old" for her (I don't necessarily think OP's too old). Thus learning from her mistake. Of course it could be horrible, but with the OP sounding like a nice guy, I doubt that his girlfriend will have a bad experience with him.

After thinking about how some of you people think that liking and dating a 14 yo means there's something wrong with you, I disagree. It does feel on the edge of not being okay, but for me I think the environment in which he started to like her is completely fine. I'm guessing OP met her and talked with her (his girlfriend) through hanging out with his friend (his girlfriends sister), not by trying to prey upon her (or anything silly like that (maybe silly wasn't the right word? replace it with terrible?)).