Imagine a 50 year old man married to 45 year old woman. That seems decent, and the age gap is only a few years. Now imagine a 19-year-old man dating a 14-year-old girl. Suddenly the game has changed, and things get weird.
Society is uncomfortable with the idea of a teenager dating an adult. Surely there must be a good reason for this, besides the age difference.
The most important reason to date someone within a few years of your own age is because of the experience level. We all know what I’m talking about ... sex! No mother or father wants their precious 14 year old daughter or son involving themselves in sexual activities, and especially not with someone 4 or 5 years older than them.
Another issue within this problem is maturity. People argue that females mature sooner than the average male, but does that really give 10-15 year old girls a good excuse to date someone 5 or so years older than themselves? St. James High School students say yes.
What if it is true love? Does that really make the situation better? And who exactly decides if it’s true love. You can’t expect the parents to believe their son or daughter is in love with this person they met only a month ago. Perhaps after a couple more months/years love could be used to describe the relationship. Then again maybe it was love at first sight, even if the female was 30 and the male was only 17.
Junior Kyle B said, “[A 14 year old dating a 19 year old] is morally wrong.”
Junior Abby Hoffman stated, “The thing that matters is the maturity level of the relationship and whether they can handle that.”
Sophomore Blake Ryan said, “It’s a personal decision on who you want to date, even though the world may think it’s wrong it is your choice.”
SO there you go ladies and gentlemen. It is completely a person choice on who you date, how old they are, and what you two do together.
Overall, I think age DOES matter when in a relationship, but once it becomes serious enough (given it had the chance to become serious and wasn’t just a quick decision) it really doesn’t matter unless it is breaking the law or harming one of the people in the relationship.
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