[EdwardCTV]

What do you all think about the phrase "age isnt anything but a number " ?

furthermore what about the legality of such things as it being illegal for an adult (18+over) to be with anyuone under 18?

does it really make a difference if a 16 year old is with a 19 year old? the whole argument there is that at 16 your judgement is "impaired" uhm well last time i checked
you don't magically gain some kind of adult insight once you hit 18. some people are struggling with maturity levels all the way until they hit their 40s or even later on.

also, what about kids under 18 that are together? thats even worse. two people who are judgement impaired and not fully socially developed as one...
isnt this problematic as well?

case & point TODAY's breaking news of 13 year old father alfie patten:


Interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzOakmhu8pM




Pics:

[princesspoppy]

There is already a thread about age.

But I personally believe age is only a number when you turn 18...you can john tesh anyone and not have your lover go to jail.

Age isn't about maturity, its about privilege. As you get older you get more privileges..that is how society works.

[chilovesjj]

It's not that a 15 or 16 year old's judgement is impaired.
It's that (whether they like/can accept it or not) they're still a kid..
and don't have the wisdom and life experience a 19, 20 year old has.

A lot happens during your teens and early 20s, you experience many things and you grow and change a lot.
Mentally I'm in a completely different place than I was a few years ago.
I can't imagine being in a relationship (especially a sexual one) with a 16 year old.. it's just. Weird :/ (I'm 20, turning 21 in a few months)

I've known 16 year old girls with 25 year old boyfriends and it just makes me think..
what's wrong with him that he can't get a girl his own age and has to poach school kids? @_@"
In my eyes those guys are pedophiles :/

Yes age is just a number and there's a good few couples out there with a pretty big age gap that DO make it work.
But most of the successful couples I know are a similar age.
And while a few years isn't a big deal later on, in your teens it is a world of difference.

Sex is illegal for under 16 yr olds here, 18 for you.
Tbh I don't think that's a bad thing. Most kids who are at it when they're 13, 14, 15 etc.
They're still kids and whatever they might think, most of them aren't really emotionally ready,
or in a stable relationship where sexual relations are even appropriate.
All my friends who lost it at a young age regretted it.

I think that kid and his gf are completely stupid. I mean look at him. He's still a kid himself.
He looks about 9 in that photo o__0 anyone who'd sleep with him is just. Messed up.

That interview is just...

"What will you do, financially?"
"...what's 'financially'?"

..ffs.

[meilove]

i have too much to say about the age topic..so i won't waste mine and everyone's time writing an essay lol

[littlejade]

Of course it matters, would u marry an old woman in her 80's? - If not, then there u go...

Also, being 13 and a father? - He couldn't even look after himself, how can he look after the baby? - I bet his mother is the one who's looking after the baby.

Once u grow older, your mature, your thinking become's clearer.

In friendship terms, age is nothing but a number.

[colloquy]

O/T but why does every thread you make involve you plugging your youtube channel?

[Soshii_love]

age are a bunch of numbers.. but the thing is they are still so young.. what do they know about love?
16 years old going out with an 19 years old is fine.. as long as they don't have sex. haha
but 13 and a 15? i don't think so.. especially that little kiddo right there have a lot more to learn, than having sex, and having a child.
i am 99% sure he won't be able to handle it.

[watcher]

you cant go around testing maturity of every person. it's easier to set an arbitrary number and make a generalization of when most people tend to reach a certain level of maturity.

unfortunately, young people nowadays do adult things sooner but grow up much later.

[thesisoflove]

theres already a thread for Age + about Alfie on current news.

[sus]

hmm i think it applies when ur 20+ cos u can think more for urself n make better decisions when ur like 15 or 16..
n i think a 20 yr ggap limit applies
cos seriousli i think its totalli gross when a 60 yr man goes out with a 20 yr girl u kno wat i mean

n for the kid who had a kid /// thats so messed up
their parents shoulda snapped them out hard!

[Poop-Shoop-A-Loop]

There is already a thread about age.

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