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Originally Posted by BigBen
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Dude, I don't judge people. It isn't my style.
If you are okay with providing someone underage with alcohol, and then dating that person.......
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How melodramatic.
17 is just a number. She finished high school this year - most of her peers are 18. She is as good as 18 (I was her age when I finished high school also, and most of my friends were either 18 or very close to it - intellectually I was/am on the same level, and so is she). Further, I'm not "supplying" her with alcohol, that's ridiculous. She drinks when we're out, or at parties (she was drinking baileys - that she bought - the night we met) etc etc. I mean fuck, she's going to university next year; you can't honestly tell me she's mature enough to go to university but not to have a glass of wine, can you? The law isn't an absolute, it's merely a moral guide, and cannot be applied to every situation. If this girl was still at school, I wouldn't date her, nevermind buy her alcohol. I find what you're implying to be incredibly insulting.
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This outsider's perspective says walk softly. The difference in age between 19 and 17 is small, to say the least, but please remember the social taboos about the mythical age of 18. People may misunderstand your actions and intentions, simply because of her age.
It sucks, I know. But there you have it. An outsider's perspective.
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Are you American? That is, from the country where the legal drinking age is 21 and possession of marijuana lands you a prison sentence? Yeah. Your "outsider's perspective" is failing to look at the extenuating circumstances.
Edit: My post sounds a bit harsh, and I apologise for that. Not for anything else though.
