Whats wrong with a 24 year old dating a 17 year old?

Answer 1

If I had to guess, the word 'wrong' was probably used by a parent. From that perspective, you must realize that a parent is usually in that 'protective' mode when it comes to their child deciding to date out of the 'regular-range'. Their use of the word usually comes up during the heat of conversation in anger. Try to keep perspective, if this happens. Remember that they arent trying to hurt you...They have seen alot during their years and, generally, these relationships end up in a strange fizzle. My belief-as well as many others- is that there is a certain uncomfort when it comes to a sizable age spread. I feel that there is probably something missing from one or both persons that seems to make them overlook this spread. This is the component that makes parents and others nervous about these attractions. I dont know if this is right or wrong, but the nagging, persistant answer that you will keep hearing has alot to do with the under-age reality of the seventeen-year-old. ...Good luck! BB

Answer 2

Well...kinda. That's only a five-year difference in age...which is the difference between my parents' ages, and the difference between my and my wife's ages. However! If you really love him, please don't have sex with him until you're 18. If a woman who is under 18 has sex with a man over 18, they call it statutory rape, send him to jail for five years and brand him a sex offender for the rest of his life. Once you turn 18, you're no longer a minor and you can have sex with him until his penis falls off if you'd like. But at 17 years 364 days it's completely illegal. Great law, huh? And they're real zealous about enforcing it too--there are men in jail who are there because their 17-year-old girlfriends gave them sex for their 18th birthdays and their girlfriends' mothers found out. So...no sex, and no drinking or smoking around him (they call that "contributing to the delinquency of a minor") but just platonic dating? I don't see a problem with that.