lilafowler
Sitting For The Johanssens
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Post by lilafowler on Jun 2, 2007 9:20:23 GMT -5
I don't know if I find the Georgio thing so disturbing; I'm not sure if guys have caught up to girls their age (emotional maturity-wise) even by college. He thought she was 16, and when I was a junior in high school, I had the most enormous crush on a college freshman, though I didn't think he was particularly more mature than I was, even though he was older. And then when I started college, I wouldn't have dreamed of dating any guys my own age!
Even though the age difference between Travis and Dawn was smaller than that between Claudia and Georgio, I thought Travis was much creepier.
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Post by aln1982 on Jun 2, 2007 16:32:53 GMT -5
Agree about guys being more immature and not wanting to date someone my own age, even now. Also agree about Travis being creepy - actually more weird than creepy. I think it was more the situation that bugged me with Claud and Georgio than him since he didn't know how old she was - 16 wouldn't have been nearly as bad. The whole thing was just kind of ... I don't know. Though I could understand why she liked him and didn't say how old she was, I'm not sure why he assumed she was 16. Did it say what led him to guess that she was 16? Looks alone? Wonder how old he would have considered Stacey Now, that could have been an interesting fight - Claud vs. Stacey for Georgio..... ;D
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Post by Kylie90210 on Sept 6, 2007 23:54:07 GMT -5
Older guys with younger girls has always bugged me. My boyfriend is the same age as me (21), and I have never dated anyone older. maybe that was because the guys my age held my interest (which is strange, cause, not to be stuck up, I am alot more mature than most of them. At least now). There's this guy at work who is 44, my mum's age, who I think likes me, and I dont quite know how to handle it. But back to 13 year old, I never liked older guys at that age, just guys my own age. But when I was in Grade 12 (17) this guy in my grade was dating a 12/13 year old, and we all thought it was gross. She was skanky though.
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 6, 2007 23:58:56 GMT -5
I've actually always tended to like older guys more and don't see a big deal in it once people reach a certain age. My dad is 10 years older than my mom and my grandpa was 14 years older than my grandma so maybe that is why. But as 12/13 year olds, a few years makes a big difference. I felt for the girls when the older guys seemed to just lead them on.
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Amalia
Sitting For The Braddocks
Her Original Point of View
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Post by Amalia on Sept 7, 2007 0:09:59 GMT -5
^ Probably off topic, but was Claudia the only one that went for a younger guy?
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 7, 2007 0:13:27 GMT -5
^ Now that I think of it, I think she might be. Had never considered that and it actually surprises me. Maybe not, though, since she didn't seem as "mature" as she thought and claimed she was.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Sept 7, 2007 17:55:24 GMT -5
Agreed, older guys (or older women! - now ann can't yell at me!) are no problem after a certain age, as aln said. a 13 year old girl and a 17 year old boy is just beyond inappropriate. i'd say 15 is as old as a 13 yr old should go. i think it's gross and disturbing that there are so many older guys in this series who like 13 year old girls. or like to lead them on, whatever the case may be.
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Post by hitzpink on Sept 9, 2007 12:39:13 GMT -5
I think age isn't really an issue anymore once you get out of high school. But even a 17 year old with somebody a few years older seems kinda weird. It just seems like you'd be at totally different stages of your life -- one just graduating high school & getting ready for college while the other is graduating college & getting ready for the real world. What does a 21/22 year old really have in common with a 17 year old?
And age is especially an issue for me when you're talking about a 12/13 year old. Even though 12/13 year old boys are immature, 12/13 year old GIRLS are immature, too! Or at least they should be. IMO they shouldn't really be "dating" at all, but I understand most of them will, so it should be with someone their own age NOT someone in high school who is likely to have different expectations & opinions of what a relationship should involve.
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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 9, 2007 15:16:02 GMT -5
Wonder how old he would have considered Stacey Now, that could have been an interesting fight - Claud vs. Stacey for Georgio..... ;D Heh. If Stacey was still in the BSC and had gone on that vacation, she totally would have thought Georgio was hot. ;D
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