| We've never had hard and fast rules about an appropriate dating age or even an age difference. D asked me about it once. I just said it depends upon the circumstances. D is now 17. She didn't want to date really at 13 or 14. She did plan to meet a boy at a school dance a few times, but it was nothing serious.
From my personal experience as a teen, I can say that sometimes it's okay for a 16/17 year old to date a 20/21 year old and sometimes it's not. I experienced both circumstances. In my experience it depended upon the young man.
It would be interesting to reverse the question. Is it okay for an 18 year old girl to date a 15 year old boy? My D's friend will turn 18 soon. Her BF is 15. The young woman is immature in many ways. Her mother has told her that the dating ends when she turns 18. |