Should minors be able to date adults?

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For the record I completely say no. I personally find it disturbing when someone 17 and under is dating someone in their 20's or god forbid older. A grown adult should not be dating a child- and yes, teenagers are children. Frankly it's alarming to me when an adult can't find someone their own age to date. Unless they are 17 about to turn 18, I find it to be inappropriate (which is the nicest thing I can say because I don't want to come off as attacking those who disagree). What do you think about it?

Note: I am 18. I've had this opinion all my life, even though I've been attracted to older people as a kid (we're all human), I've never developed a relationship because it was illegal and wrong on many levels (to me). I do not mean to hurt anyone's feelings, only to discuss. I apologize if I come off otherwise.

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I ALWAYS wonder why a grown ass adult man or woman wants anything to do with young children.. it's very disturbing to see a 15/16 year old with someone who's 25. I feel disgusted when I read something about it on here, let alone seeing it in public.. it doesn't matter if they're more mature than most people their age, if they're going through puberty faster than most kids their age, or even if they look older.. if you are a grown adult, you have NO right to be with a minor.. the only acception is when they're about to turn 18. I swear, girls act older just so they can seem cooler to be fucking around with guys much older than them when all it's gonna do is bite both of them in the ass in the long run.

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Hell no! I honestly think it's disgusting for 14 year olds to be dating 20 year olds bc they think they're "mature". But people are always like, "mind your own business", but should I really mind my own business when 18 year olds are dating 11 year olds? Like does that honestly sound okay to people? 😩
Topics like these gross me out so much, like I'll never understand why people are okay with adults thinking a child is "sexy". I'm 16, and still agree that teenagers are still kids, and shouldn't be lusted after by someone who could be their dad 😷

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I'm 18 as well and married. When I met my husband I was 15, he was 18. We went to the same high school and had a class together, got to know each other pretty well over the year. At the end of the year, he confessed how he felt about me and we started dating. Mind you, that summer after school, he went into the army so we were long distance for 2 years, he would come to visit around every 6 months. We did not do anything sexual until I thought I was ready and I was of legal age where I lived. 
When I turned 17 and finished high school, we got engaged and I moved my whole life from Florida to Texas to live with him. 
Today, we are happily married and loving life. Our age difference is only three years and he was consided an adult when I was a minor (he was 20, and I was 17 at one point) 
No one saw or does see anything wrong with my relationship. My family loves him. 
I honestly think it depends. I saw a post on here recently about a 16 year old dating a 26 year old which I think is absolutely morbid and disgusting but to each their own. Age doesn't really make a huge difference to me as long as the two are at similar points in their life and both want the same thing. I do think someone should be at least 16 before dating an "adult" and doing anything sexual though.

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I met my husband when I was 14. (Obviously we didn't date at that time) he was 22. And we worked at a Haunted House together in our town. We would have to do deconstruction and construction on the scenes in the summer and he saw I was walking home alone in the dark and was genuinely concerned. One rainy night he asked if I had a ride and had me call my mom to see if he could drive me home. Lol. My mom loves him. We started dating when I was 16. We found out most of his friends were also my friends. I always had friends older than me because our school mashed our band grades together and drama club was all together as well
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I should've put this on Controversy Corner. Apologies.

Should minors be able to date adults?

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