[Sam Gamgee]

I have no beef with that. Hell, I would loved to have dated a 17 year old when I was 32 for obvious reasons. (married a 29 year old when I was 30). Could just be me as I have always, maybe foolishly, had a hang up with dating girls much younger than myself. And glad you are happy.

Just saying by the standards of today it seems not so appropriate. But hardly much of a sexual scandal really, unless we believe the attempted rape charges from a couple of the accusers.

[Dr. Sivana]

Just saying by the standards of today it seems not so appropriate.

I think that's the case because there is an assumption that "dating" has become a euphemism for having relations or as they say now, "hooking up". Then it looks like the 32 year old has been playing the same game for 13 years and can take advantage of the comparatively naive 17 year old. These days, the millions of girls and young women who are getting HPV are likely getting it from fellows their own age.

Those fellows, the good guys, who stayed in school, or served in the military and didn't play around found that like minded girls often got married by the time they were 25. This probably goes quintuple back in the '70s, and in the South. A substantial portion of the older single women may have been more interested in their careers than in a traditional family.

[Bodleian_Girl]

the attempted rape charges from a couple of the accusers.

That isn't true. Only the woman who forged the yearbook said he tried to force her to do oral sex.

Since she's a forging liar, one can not accept her claims.

[Morpheus2009]

The standards are so hollow. Getting married when you are such ages is supposedly wrong, but having sex and abortions is not. That’s absurd IMO.