Quote Originally Posted by Sasquatch
Quote Originally Posted by Omecle
Hell, it's just a 4 year gap, nothing out of the ordinary, really.
Yes and no... When we get to be older, it would be perfectly fine--a 30-year-old being in a relationship with a 35- or a 25-year-old wouldn't be bad. But when it comes to an eight year old, it doesn't matter if the other person is 16 or 60, it ain't right. An 18-year-old having a sexual ("consensual") relationship with a 14-year-old is definitely not right, in my opinion, but, granted, not as bad as anybody in a sexual relationship with a younger child. There are 14-year-olds that know what sex is and think they're ready for it--they're wrong--and unfortunately there are plenty of older sickos that would help those young teenagers fulfill their sexual fantasies, but there's a difference in those young teens and even younger children.
Firstly, I didn't say anything about an 8 year old. I do point out there is a difference in teenagers and children too. A 14 year old will know what it means to have 'some' kind of relationship, just as an 18 year old would. The 18 year old might have an easier time seducing and manipulating the 14 year old though. But there are cases where the 18 year old goes out with the 14 year old not for sex, just for a relationship. >.>; As I said, not everything is about sex.

I'm not saying I would ever go out with someone so young (I'm 18 myself, with a girlfriend who is 6 months older than me). I wouldn't even jump out of the 2 year gap. But that doesn't mean I can't accept another 'real' relationship like I've mentioned up above.

(note: I'm not talking abotu children (who I classify to be younger than 13) and Im just talking about 14-15 year olds and up right now)