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| so a 28 year old and a 25 year old have been through the same walks of life, huh? Well, wouldn't a 15 year old and an 18 year old been through these same walks but haven't gotten as far? |
imo, the three year difference doesn't quite illustrate the point as well. There are plenty of people with a 4 or 5 year age gap in between them (my own parents are 7 yrs apart), so let's use that instead. So is it alright for a 14 year old to date an 18 year old? I've seen 20 year olds hook up with 14 and 15 year old girls--i'm curious to know if you'd approve of that.
Anyways, what i'm saying is that the reason why it is less appropriate for an 18 + year old to hook up with a younger teen is because that 18 year old is considered, by law, and by society as an adult. A 14 or 15 year old is still growing and developing (mentally, physically, emotionally), and is, in the eyes of society, still a child. I know that you said you don't wish to be judged by your age, but that's the way society works. At age 3, you're branded a child, at age 13, an official teenager, at age 18, an adult. We always want to be taken seriously, and we always wish we were older, so that people would respect us equally, but the thing is that they generalize us and judge us by age for a reason. As it turns out, for the most part, 15 year olds will have this mentality as opposed to that one, etc. You know, you might be the exception to the rule, but nevertheless, people have a reason for making the judgement calls they make. Why do you think they made the laws regarding statuatory rape??
No one said life is 100% fair. If you feel that you truly are a mature, capable young lady who has the misfortune of being attached to these silly generalizations people make about age--why are you fretting? If you believe otherwise, then believe it. And come on, you only have 3 more years to go before you too will be considered an adult, and taken more seriously then.
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crazybanana wrote:
no amount of reading can substitute actual experience.
Oh, I beg to differ. I'm not to prove who's right and who's wrong, especially because there is no way to tell. We can just leave it open and let me learn for myself. |
you beg to differ? You would know this because? I convinced myself that I could absorb just as much life knowledge from reading, but you know what? Book smarts are just different from street smarts--which are acquired from experience and experience alone.
By the way, i'm not too much older than you are. I'm 18 years old (and my boyfriend is 21 years old). I consider myself to be a wide-eyed kid trying to learn the ropes.