12-24-2005, 01:48 PM
Actually... age of consent varies from state to state in the US with the average age of consent being 16. Utah is the most restrictive with age of consent being 19 while just to the south of them in New Mexico the age of consent is 13.
My group of friends has been using the mathematical formula of 1/2 their age plus seven years to determine the youngest person you should be dating. With me being 35 that would be 18 plus 7 for a total of 25 for the youngest person that I should date without coming across as creepy.
Having said that I have to admit that I do look at those nubile 16 year olds with lust from time to time then berate myself for looking at kids that way. I appreciate the developing beauty of a post-pubescent girl and I would love to be physically intimate with many of them. Just because I have those desires doesn't mean that I act on them. I easily recognise that in order to fit in with our society that I shouldn't go cruising for high school chicks. I also know that I would have a hard time having any sort of relationship with someone that young because of the vast differences in our life experiences.
So I'll just sit here and treat young girls the same way as I would a mountain. I can sit back and enjoy the beauty of a mountain without ever venturing off to climb that mountain.
My group of friends has been using the mathematical formula of 1/2 their age plus seven years to determine the youngest person you should be dating. With me being 35 that would be 18 plus 7 for a total of 25 for the youngest person that I should date without coming across as creepy.
Having said that I have to admit that I do look at those nubile 16 year olds with lust from time to time then berate myself for looking at kids that way. I appreciate the developing beauty of a post-pubescent girl and I would love to be physically intimate with many of them. Just because I have those desires doesn't mean that I act on them. I easily recognise that in order to fit in with our society that I shouldn't go cruising for high school chicks. I also know that I would have a hard time having any sort of relationship with someone that young because of the vast differences in our life experiences.
So I'll just sit here and treat young girls the same way as I would a mountain. I can sit back and enjoy the beauty of a mountain without ever venturing off to climb that mountain.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.