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Is it a red flag that he’s 26 and I’m 18
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Anonymous 1w

As a 26 year old I would never ever date anyone less than 22-23

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Anonymous 1w

Dude that’s like half of your life older than you

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Anonymous 1w

Yes that’s a pedo whose into older teens but teens none the less

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Anonymous 1w

Girl why’d you ask if you’re gonna argue every time

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Anonymous 1w

yes

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Anonymous 1w

Yes

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Anonymous 1w

Yes…

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Anonymous 1w

the power dynamic, amount of life experiences, finnacial difference, and maturity dynamic is staggering and both of u are in different stages of life so yes.

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Anonymous 1w

That’s very perverted

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Anonymous 1w

Yes absolutely. Dating someone that different in age is setting you up for a power imbalance throughout the rest of your relationship. He doesn’t love you, he just thinks he can mold you into what he wants. You develop a crazy amount of your brain in those 8 years and you figure out who you are during that time. He is dating you so HE can decide who you are before you get a chance to

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Anonymous 1w

Mf asked the question and got mad ppl said the truth lmaoooo

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Anonymous 1w

Yes. Run

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Anonymous 1w

Im 22 and i wouldn’t even date an 18yo💀

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Anonymous 1w

This is just rage bait atp

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Anonymous 1w

Yes

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Anonymous 1w

EW

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Anonymous 1w

YES

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Anonymous 1w

Only if he seems controlling or has anger issues

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Anonymous 1w

i promise you when you're older and look back you're going to regret it so badly

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 1w

Relax yall he loves me

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

As long as your parents are okay with it. He’s still perverted. That’s a fact.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Of course he loves a child. You’re not even old enough to drink🤮. You’re still a child and he’s obviously just a big boy. Nasty

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 1w

Don’t even know what that means but I’m very happy 🫶

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Exactly. Have fun dating a borderline predator.

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Anonymous replying to -> eatcows 1w

Right? Like there’s something mentally wrong with his brain.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 1w

Love is love

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

2 manipulating people. You’re too young to know what love is. When you were 15, he was 23. Imagine that

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 1w

Oh no he’s manipulating me into a happy healthy relationship:(

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 1w

That’s what I’d like to understand… cuz the math ain’t mathing in this situation here

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Anonymous replying to -> #17 1w

It literally is. I don’t even think the OP is even in that situation fr

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 1w

He does love me

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 1w

This whole post is just a ploy to troll people

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Anonymous replying to -> #13 1w

I am I just like seeing the generic he’s a predator comments

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Hun, control and power over you isn’t loving you. He doesn’t even know who you truly are, you don’t even know who you truly are. If someone that much older than you truly loved you, they would wait to date you until you’re older. Give you a chance to figure yourself out and grow as a person.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

If you are genuinely in this relationship, I can promise you it’s not healthy on his end. You might not see it right now especially if you’ve been craving love for a while, but it’s not love of you, he is loving something else.

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 1w

You don’t know that though you’re just basing that off stereotypes and generalizations

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

No ultimately the psychology behind grooming is the name no matter the situation. Never in my life have I seen, heard, or read about any documented case where this wasn’t true. It’s always a power thing.

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 1w

There’s no power imbalance and I was never groomed

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

The fact that you “like seeing the generic ‘he’s a predator’ comments” tell me all I need to know about you. Have fun in your relationship with your young and naive mind. You will figure out in the end what’s right and wrong for you one way or another… and I say that out of respect, good luck gurl.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Unless he is mentally, life experiences, and emotionally stunted by 8 years, there is definitely a power imbalance girl

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Be real, why would he choose you, someone who lacks actual brain capacity and emotional regulation and lacks severely in experience, to be his “partner” meaning equal. I’m only 21 and I would never date someone 18. There is always a power imbalance when dating someone 18 when you’re 26.

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 1w

He might be a little stunted I guess but I’m not an average 18 year old. I appreciate the concern truly but it’s a genuine connection

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

if you had to ask a community of stangers anonymously, that means you were doubting the ethics of it yourself

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 1w

I just like seeing all the assumptions

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

i don’t understand how you could possibly have anything in common. bro is old enough to have children that can to to school

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 1w

go*

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 1w

We work together and I’m very mature for my age. He thought I was older when we met. It was a slow burn and we just click

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

…how old were you when you met him?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

You are still held within the same constraints as every human with limited brain development and limited time to experience life. You could be a super extraordinary 18 year old and it’s still an unhealthy power dynamic in the relationship.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

I need you to understand that that’s always what they say. The first impression of your age doesn’t equate to the reality of your actual age. I grew large boobs at 14 and everyone assumed I was much older than I was, however I was still very much a child despite first impressions.

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 1w

It’s not just him it’s my family and friends too. I have people older than me calling me Auntie at work because I don’t act 18. He is NOT a creep and he’s not interested in my age it slowed things down even because he wasn’t trying to pursue an 18 year old

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 1w

I was 17 for another month or two when I first met him but we didn’t grow closer as just friends until a month or two after my birthday (he didn’t know my age at that point)

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Anonymous 1w

If that’s to me, yes

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Lmaooo so bro wanted you when u were 17. You’re so smart actually don’t take any of our advice go for it lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #14 1w

We were just friends at that point. He wasn’t interested at the start we just worked together but we grew closer over time

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Anonymous replying to -> #14 1w

What was the point of this post? U can pretend ur happy rage baiting but the way you keep defending that perv makes it look like you actually do care and are aware he’s a predator. Idc if you look old, once he found out ur age he should have been grossed out. Ask him why no woman his age wants him. Ask him why he’s into TEENS, bc ur still a teen and will be so for another yr. Ask yourself would he go lower? Leave you for a 16 or 15 yr old since age “doesn’t matter” to him.

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Anonymous replying to -> #14 1w

Oops sorry wasn’t meant for u 14 it was meant for op

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 1w

He’s not into teens he’s into me. I’m the youngest he’s ever dated, it’s not a habit lol

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

lol as if he would admit to that 😂 honey he’s going to tell you what you want to hear “ur so mature. Ur my first. Ur different” please don’t tell me ur actually falling for that? It’s the equivalent of the white van offering candy to kids. Why couldn’t you answer anything else tho…bc you know we are right

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

You genuinely too young and because of that too stupid to realize what is happening to u

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

"I wasn't groomed" as you proceed to textbook define him grooming you when you were a minor

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

How was it textbook grooming

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Anonymous replying to -> #15 1w

Thank you 🫶 I’m very happy and I promise it’s not how everyone assumes it is lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 1w

The opposite on both actually:)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Starting to feel like op is the predator and is getting off to ppl telling him he’s a perv for going for a teen 🚨

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 1w

Interesting take

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

I can promise he asked other staff your age. He was definitely aware how young you were. A respectable adult puts distance between them and someone so much younger than them specifically to avoid them holding crushes on you and complicating the relationship at work.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

And textbook grooming is first getting closer to you and specifically not coming on strong, telling you that you are special and that because you are so amazing/mature/adult/responsible/etc. that you are an exception to the rule of not dating someone so much younger than them

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Another textbook example of grooming is soft pressure and guilting into doing things, like if you turn him down for something sexual him saying something like “sorry I thought you were ready because I forget how inexperienced you are” and setting it up as you proving yourself to be older/smarter/mature by doing things you aren’t actually ready for

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

I really really recommend you look up what grooming a teenager would look like and the things the perpetrator specifically does. It would really help you spot what behaviors are warning signs

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 1w

I can promise you he hasn’t talked to anyone else my age lol

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 1w

He has no grooming warning signs if anything it’s the opposite

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

you would say that, as his victim who is barely not a literal child

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

I’m not a victim 💀 and he’s not a pedo

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Crazy that my initial thought when I got this notification is it was about Trump. Like girl get real

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

That’s not a prerequisite to being a predator. You could be the first person he has targeted but that doesn’t say anything else. How is it the opposite of grooming in your opinion?

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 1w

We broke up. I brought up what a lot of people here said and he said it’s for the best he needs to take care of his child. I guess he has a 2 year old he didn’t tell me about. He ended it and I can’t stop crying so thanks

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Lmaooooo

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

HA! Lmao guess ur rage baiting didn’t work since this is how you looking rn 🤡. At least ur not with a predator anymore! Too bad you could have saved yourself the embarrassment SINCE HE LEFT YOU FOR SOMEONE YOUNGER LMAO 😂

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 1w

I’m trolling lol. We gonna get married this year and he doesn’t have kids 😋

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Commenting to give u more attention

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Anonymous replying to -> #14 1w

Thank you 🫶

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