You are being ridiculous. Yes, it was illegal, but this doesn't make you a pedophile. The age difference wasn't that extreme. Some states legal consent is 16 and personally I think it should be half your age plus 4 or 5. It's even less in most the world, which I don't agree with, but it is.
I'm probably going to get some criticism for this, but my first girlfriend was 15 when I was 20. We went to school together and she had asked me out. She was definitely more mentally mature than me, but my maturity age at the time was much younger than I was, so people develop maturity at different ages.
Her parents really liked me too and even though our relationship only lasted about 6 months, we are still good friends today. Looking back I can see that it was illegal, but at the same time I don't think it was immoral because I wasn't taking advantage of her and she had asked me out.
I think it all depends on the situation. I hate child molesters as much as anybody, but I think there is a huge difference between a child molestation and a few year age gap in a high school relationship.
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You are being ridiculous. Yes, it was illegal, but this doesn't make you a pedophile. The age difference wasn't that extreme. Some states legal consent is 16 and personally I think it should be half your age plus 4 or 5. It's even less in most the world, which I don't agree with, but it is.
I'm probably going to get some criticism for this, but my first girlfriend was 15 when I was 20. We went to school together and she had asked me out. She was definitely more mentally mature than me, but my maturity age at the time was much younger than I was, so people develop maturity at different ages.
Her parents really liked me too and even though our relationship only lasted about 6 months, we are still good friends today. Looking back I can see that it was illegal, but at the same time I don't think it was immoral because I wasn't taking advantage of her and she had asked me out.
I think it all depends on the situation. I hate child molesters as much as anybody, but I think there is a huge difference between a child molestation and a few year age gap in a high school relationship.