And by older, I mean someone out of school.
Came across this tweet this morning and immediately thought about this girl that would BRAG about her 24 year old boyfriend. She was 16 and junior. So my knee jerk reaction was "oh, you knew what you were doing".
Scrolled down in the comments and the dude that talks about being with a cop at 14 immediately put things into perspective. And that reminded me of a few stories peers told me in high school. A few female friends that mentioned losing their virginity at 12. Another friend told me not that long ago that her seeing an 18 year old at 15 felt not okay in retrospect.
So yeah, that's a problem. And I feel bad for ignoring stuff like that then. I feel like we knew, but I wasn't sure how to point out how that wasn't okay without trying to sound like I was raining on her parade, only referring to the 16 year old with that. The rest I ignored simply because I felt uncomfortable.
Thoughts?
My mid 20s have mainly been thinking back on 5-17 me and going, huh, that didn't go as peachy as I remember. Thankfully, this didn't apply to me, but it was in front of me a lot in retrospect.
Came across this tweet this morning and immediately thought about this girl that would BRAG about her 24 year old boyfriend. She was 16 and junior. So my knee jerk reaction was "oh, you knew what you were doing".
Scrolled down in the comments and the dude that talks about being with a cop at 14 immediately put things into perspective. And that reminded me of a few stories peers told me in high school. A few female friends that mentioned losing their virginity at 12. Another friend told me not that long ago that her seeing an 18 year old at 15 felt not okay in retrospect.
So yeah, that's a problem. And I feel bad for ignoring stuff like that then. I feel like we knew, but I wasn't sure how to point out how that wasn't okay without trying to sound like I was raining on her parade, only referring to the 16 year old with that. The rest I ignored simply because I felt uncomfortable.
Thoughts?
My mid 20s have mainly been thinking back on 5-17 me and going, huh, that didn't go as peachy as I remember. Thankfully, this didn't apply to me, but it was in front of me a lot in retrospect.