Could be dire. If the young one denies everything, there's nothing to go on.
That's why i qualified with "succeed".
It's puritan to disapprove of minors having sex with adults? I agree that the spread isn't outrageous, but that's pretty gross too.
As is said: I don't consider him that much more an adult than her. Legally he may be. One may debate whether such an arbitrary distinction is necessary. But in terms of "grossness" he's a kid, too.
It'd be best to have the parents deal with it.
I completely agree. And that's my actual point. If the parents are unable or unwilling to check how this is going and whether she is in harms way
that is the problem, not the fact that she is sleeping with an 18 year old. The same necessity for parental concern and attention would exist if he was 14 like her.
You usually write some very intelligent posts; I'm surprised you're being so deliberately pig-headed about this. Your tone and demeanor almost make me wish I'd submitted my original, much more insulting reply to you, but I decided to maintain some decency.
It's disappointing that you were unable to do the same, but I understand the temptation to be condescending while hiding behind the anonymity of the Internet.
But i suggest that you should think about my motivation 1 minute longer: Teenagers have sex. Always did, always will. And that's fine. People age 14 are actual persons, small adults in some ways, kids in other ways. They should have some right to make choices in their romantic life. Parents should be allowed to cut into those rights, but that's about it.
Decreeing that no one age >18 can have sex with anyone age <18 is not a good solution*. Actually it's incredibly cruel. And as any law that is customarily broken by an awesome amount of people it a slippery slope to the worst in human character and behavior: Some get ratted out and face incredibly cruel punishment while the same behavior is tolerated in the vast majority of cases.
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There are numerous others. Don't strawman me with a false dichotomy, please.
I'm ready to argue further in a
deliberatly decent fashion once the moderation has a) decided whether we are allowed to discuss this at all b) cut the thing out as an independent thread.
He actually didn't call you a moron, but I am beginning to suspect otherwise.
You're not [insert insult], stop acting like [insert said insult].
Wow, we could have lot's of fun with that.