'I was starting to meet boys at college who were my own age, and I started to realize how strange our relationship was.'
who've"dated" older men as teenagers and later realized they were predators to share their experiences. Here are some of the more than 300 stories they responded with:"When I was 14, I got my first job at a fast-food restaurant. The men that I worked with were in their twenties to thirties. They'd always comment on how my body looked and that there was no way I wasn't 18. I thought it was cool to be getting all this make attention.
On Valentine's Day, he told me he had to babysit for his sister. I since found out that he had plans with another girl. He later told me, after we broke up, that his sister had a stillborn baby, and he just needed to talk about it. I found out from his sister that the baby was alive and thriving." —Anonymous, United Kingdom"I met him at a church gathering he was 28, and I was 16 — a 12-year age difference! He started to message me on Facebook.
"A few years later — in my junior year — a girl in my class goes, 'I heard you had sex with my boyfriend.' 'Huh?' was my initial answer. After talking more, I figured out it was this guy. I’m 35 now, have been with my AMAZING husband for 11 years, married for 9, have two beautiful children, and am incredibly happy. Don’t settle for cheap versions of 'love' when you can definitely find the real thing." —Anonymous, California"I was 13 and on the tail end of my parents' divorce and a family member's mental breakdown. He was a married friend of my dad's and in his late fifties.
I also think consent needs to be taught both ways — not just how to ask for consent but how to give it. My feeble 'please no' was ignored, and I've finally accepted that he groomed and raped me. A 13-year-old can't give consent. My therapist told me to talk to my young self to help me get over it. I would tell that 13-year-old girl that she has so much value that can only be unlocked by herself, pleasing a man has nothing to do with self-worth.
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