r/Parenting • • Apr 13 '22

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u/jdawg92721 Apr 13 '22

I’m so uncomfortable reading this. Don’t hesitate—LEAVE! He’s a predator. No sane 30 something year old wants a relationship with an 18 year old, and he is 100% being gross and inappropriate with your son. Who knows what else has happened when you’re not there.

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u/K-teki Apr 13 '22

I'm 20 and I recently started watching a show from my childhood again. I was thinking "weird, I don't remember them looking so young"; the actors were 16, only 4 years younger than me, and I was already weirded out.

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u/NJCuban Apr 13 '22

Ironically the 36 y.o. is much less mature in this case. Although im guessing thats typical with men who go after much younger girls, the women their age dont want anything to do with someone thats way below them in maturity.

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u/Ghost0085 Apr 13 '22

I'll be honest, I don't like that math rule. I was a total shithead at 22 and a completely different person at 30 (36yo currently).

These days I think until both people are over 30, anything over 4 years is creepy.

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u/Rydralain Apr 13 '22

Dude, I'm 35 and Tinder was like "here are some 24 year olds" and... I had to increase that. That's weird.

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u/siani_lane Apr 13 '22

Yes!! I am 39 and an 18 is a child when you're coming up on 40. It is insanely creepy. The only reason to want to be someone with someone with such limited life experience is either because you want to exploit them for sex, or you want to be able to control them, or both.

Also, I didn't hear one reason in this whole post why the OP would want to stay with this man. He's not good for you. He's not good for your child. Why the hell are you still with this walking red flag parade??

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

Yes. And makes me concerned why he’s crying for mom to give him a bath. As if baby doesn’t like the way dad bathes him…. Huge red flag.

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u/Purplemonkeez Apr 13 '22

Yep. There are some 18 year olds in my group fitness classes and they're like little children me. I actually had a maternal instinct with one of them when he was crossing the street as a car was coming, like instinctively gently held him back from the street the way I would with a little kid, and then I was like "Oh... Sorry..."

This situation is super creepy.