An open letter to people with teen-aged kids [off-topic rant]

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 06/08/2014 at 14:24 • Filed to: None

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ATTENTION ALL PARENTS EVERYWHERE:

It's possible for guys to have female friends WITHOUT WANTING TO GET IN THEIR PANTS.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT SOME OF US CAN THINK WITH THE HEAD ON OUR SHOULDERS INSTEAD OF THE ONE IN OUR PANTS.

JUST CUZ YOU COULDN'T KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS IN THE 80S DOESN'T MAKE ME PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF DOING SO

Sincerely,
A guy sick of being stereotyped as a horny sex addict

In a related note:

I'm pretty sure my generation is the first to think there's a problem with an 18 year old sleeping with a 14 year old.

90% of adults I've talked to either see no issue with that, or did it themselves.

But... ew. Like, that's a four year difference. For an 18 year old that's an age difference that's 22% of your entire life. For a 14 year old that's a difference that is 30% of their entire life.

D > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 14:27

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Don't they say half your age, plus seven, is your lower bound?

Nibby > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 14:28

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I would totally let an 18 year old sleep with a 14 year old. The '96 S500 enjoys the company of the '00 Accord in the garage.

(I don't have either of those vehicles).

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 14:28

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At that age 4 years is way too much of a difference. But I'm 4 years older than my wife and we meet when she was 19.

The Transporter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 14:29

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Clever move. Pretending like you don't want to get in her pants is a great way to get in her pants.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 14:30

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At 18 you are a legal adult, at 14 you are a child not legally allowed to consent to sex. That makes it a crime regardless of whether or not consent was given or not.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 14:30

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As a 16 year old, Amen!

My parents mock me because I talk to this girl Jen who is a friend. Shes a friend. Honestly thats it. Nothing else!

And yes, im also bothered by that. And I see it all the time. Freshmen girls sleeping with senior men. Its wrong honestly. Sure later in life, age doesnt matter. But when your that young, its fucked up

D > The Transporter 06/08/2014 at 14:31

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who is this boy? I've seen him before

D > Nibby 06/08/2014 at 14:32

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If garages are beds then my car is homeless..

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > D 06/08/2014 at 14:33

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That's what I've always heard, but none of my contemporaries are familiar with that rule.

Joe_Limon > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 14:35

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Half plus seven rule man, (18/2)+7=16 is the minimum age for an 18 year old.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Joe_Limon 06/08/2014 at 14:36

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This is the rule that I've always abided by.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 14:41

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A guy that was in the same dorm as me last year told me that me not going to prom in high school was a tragedy because that's supposed to be the last change for me to sleep with someone in high school.

WHAT.

BoulderZ > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 06/08/2014 at 14:43

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Try this! Next time one of your parents is talking to an opposite-sex friend, wait until after the conversation, "You bangin' them?" "WHAT?!" "Well, they're the opposite sex, and you give me constant shit for talking to Jen, so. And seriously, if you are, I'm telling mom/dad. Unless we're headed to the Porsche dealer now. Your choice." No, just kidding. Though effective (maybe), it's likely unnecessarily provocative. Hopefully they lighten up though. Mockery's not cool.

Singhjr96 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 16:05

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I completely agree. I have many friends that are girls, and I don't try and get into their pants. But the truth of the matter is, thats what a majority of the population of guys out there does, even if we don't and it fucks all of our chances up with the rest of the girl population.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Singhjr96 06/08/2014 at 16:40

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The "guys are mindless horndogs that just want to get their dick wet" stereotype needs to die.

Singhjr96 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 16:52

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Actually it doesn't need to die, there needs to be like a handbook for parents to differentiate between the two. Because I will say, there are horn dogs out there. Parents just label all teens as horn dogs. That's the problem.

George McNally > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 16:55

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Our 20 year old son's best friend is female and she looks like a model.

They've been friends ever since they were 5 years old.....I asked him if he would ever consider dating her and he looked at me like I had 3 eyeballs.

He said it would be like dating his sister.....so I guess not all 20 year olds think with their penis. He said between working 50 hours a week at Amazon and going to school full time...the last thing he needs right now is a girlfriend.

BeholdTheCamaro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/08/2014 at 22:55

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Within about ten seconds of meeting a girl, I pretty much know if I would ever be willing to do it with her or not. I'm just not attracted to certain types of girls, and I have no issues at all being friends with them. I treat girls I'm attracted to and girls I'm not attracted to in very different ways, and when I am into a girl, she knows it. I don't see much of a point in dithering around trying to be "friends" with a girl when you'd actually like to be something more. If she says no, who cares, plenty of other fish in the sea.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > BeholdTheCamaro 06/09/2014 at 00:05

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I agree with the first part, but if a girl I'm sexually attracted to denies me the nookie then I have no problem just staying on speaking terms. There are usually more things that attract me to a girl than just her looks and possibility of tapping that, and those qualities usually are a good enough reason to keep her company.