I am amused at this thread now after a discussion with my son at the weekend. Apparently, his girlfriend is younger than him rather than the one year he had originally intimated. Mainly we were shocked that he would not be honest with us but also curious as to why he would think it was something he would even consider we would even think strange. Apparently, when he was 16, he had a girlfriend who was nearly a year younger than him and we were adamant that she could only stay downstairs with him up. He wasn't allowed to have her in his bedroom with the door shut and we were very careful that we made a point about the legality of any sexual behaviour. This was, in part, because we were trying to impress upon him the importance of sexual behaviour and its consequences. We also discussed things like informed consent, etc. We tried to be as sensitive to his feelings as possible but didn't want him to make a mistake which would impact him for the rest of his life. Oh, and she was also "Daddy's little angel" so we had agreed the strict criteria with him.
Somehow, in all this, he had completely missed the point that our feelings were due to their young age, not to disapproval on our part. He has been really worried about this because he honestly didn't think this was going to be a relationship that lasted so although he never outright lied about her age per se, it turns out she is a year more academically behind than him than he had said. She took a year out from school mid A levels due to depression so is another year behind academically so her age would never have been an issue.
It just highlights the difference that age makes depending on the time of your life you are at. I was just starting secondary school as my husband started his Further Education. Can you imagine what he would have faced with his parents all those years ago.
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