For me personally.
I NEVER let my daughter at 16 date a grown man, ever.
For me personally and my life I have dated 12 up(Me 24 her 36) and 10 down (me 28 her 18)
I would never date a minor though technically I did when I was 19, I dated a 17 year,old but I dont considered that a grown man dating a 16 year old like in this case.
Now to each their own if the relationship is a healthy happy one :shrug:
Its hard to believe it is and my only concern is because the girl is a minor and it seems like of course its agenda driven but I don't know.
If they were both legal adults id have no concerns, its none of my business.
Technically this isnt either since the parent signed off but since I was asked i threw in my 2 cents.
On a side note I coach softball, Ive had girls 16 hit on me and say absolutely ridiculous stuff and theres another team I work with that is older 19U and they do the same and two have even flat asked me out or to "hook up"
Well, I DONT LIKE IT lol
don't get me wrong, Im a man and quite frankly some of these girls look like women and are VERY VERY physically attractive but mentally something inside me just wont let me cross that line. Maybe because my daughter is 15.
My team 16U with some girls 17 I yell at them when they do that stuff.
The 19U team isnt mine so I laugh and play it off and sometimes tell them thats enough or ask what in the hell do they want with somebody almost double their age but they just laugh and keep doing it. It even got serious with one girl where I had to have a talk with her and explain to her to knock it off and she cant act like that. I got freaked out when she sent me pictures the day after her 18th birthday.
Some of them even laugh and ask my daughter how she'd feel about an 18 year old mom?! lol
Anyway I could never do it, not a minor, not a brand new adult, at least I dont think I could.
But anyway I guess the reality is these things happen, and they happen more often than we talk about or acknowledge.
Adults? who cares none of my business.
Minors and adults have to not break the law and be careful and if they do its nobody's business. :shrug: