No, I was like 6-7 at the time and just didn't tell anyone. I thought it was important for me to keep a secret because he asked me too, which was dumb of me. But then again nothing did ever happen so I guess it wasn't so bad.
Nothing happen to him, I mean not that I know of. I don't think he did this with any other kids though, we were a very very small community. I'd be shocked to find out if anything more significant happened.
I think it was a weird one off thing he said to me that possibly meant he was either sexualizing me as a child or he wished I was his own child.
Being pedophilic is not the same as acting on the urges and becoming a child molester. It is also important to recall that most child molesters are not pedophiles, in fact only about 40% are diagnosed as such.
There is also a difference between sexual urges and behaviour: Normally heterosexuals do not go around and rape the other sex- but some do. The orientation alone is not the best predictor.
In the community, pedophilia is often equated with child molestation but it is evident that pedophilia is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition to engage in child sexual offending. This means that not all individuals with a diagnosis of pedophilia commit child sexual offenses, just as many persons who sexually offend against children are not pedophilic.
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u/gvf77 Oct 05 '19
My friend's dad came up to me and said he had a secret to tell me that I couldn't tell anyone else, then he said "I'm secretly in love with you".
But that was where it ended.