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Age Differences
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Im 16 and a girl i like is 14, 15 in a few months, my mates call me a perv because i like her. I dont really get it. Surely 1.5 years isn't too much of a difference is it?
And another thing is, i find it difficult talking face-to-face to girls i fancy or girls i know fancy me.
Advice would be appreciated.
And another thing is, i find it difficult talking face-to-face to girls i fancy or girls i know fancy me.
Advice would be appreciated.
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One and a half years is a small age gap when you are older but fairly big at your age. If you focus your attention on the girl you fancy, show some interest in her by asking her questions you may find you forget about your shyness. It is important to make eye contact if you can, otherwise you might come across as untrustworthy. Good Luck.
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i agree, when you are younger it seems like a much bigger gap because you grow up and change so much over short lengths of time. but there's 10 years between my mum and dad and no one has ever (as far as i know...) taken issue with it.
to be honest this confuses me, cause most teenage girls like to have an older boy... :chin:
As for having problems talking face to face, build up to it by texting/ talking on the phone/ talking online to start with or something.
what's the law over there if both people are under 16? Who gets the bollocking? Just out of interest.
my 18yr old friend is dating a 16 yr old
so what
Girl i know has a fella 34, she's 17. No one bats an eyelid, at first they did but now it's all fine.
The law is that anyone who is 16 or over who is involved in any form of sexual contact with someone under 16 is breaking the law. The way this is written could include everything from a hug or a kiss to full sexual intercourse. Since consent under the law is impossible before 16 then the person who is 16 or over is involved in a crime.
In practice the law was written to protect people below the age of consent from serious sexual crimes by people significantly older than them - and a court is unlikely to see kissing between a 15 year old and a 16 year old as a crime.
However this is what the law is and the original poster needs to bear in mind that it isn't just sexual intercourse that's illegal.
what's the law over there if both people are under 16? Who gets the bollocking? Just out of interest.
When i was under 16 we were all at it ...without giving a thought to any legality.
Like you say it would be very doubtful if a prosecution would come abvout if two 15 year olds were having sex ...but there probably is a law which could be enforced one way or another.
mystery solved