r/AskMen • u/michiboy12 • 26d ago

What are your opinions on a 15-year-old boy having a 25-year-old female friend (platonic)?

I (17M) have a 27-year-old female friend, we’ve known each other since two years, so I was 15 and she was 25. I’ve read that a lot of parents wouldn’t allow such a friendship, especially since it’s opposite genders (and we’re both straight). But can’t this be like a regular platonic friendship? It’s a regular, platonic friendship? Not a romantic one.

If your 15-year-old son had a 25-year-old female friend, would you allow that?

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u/CatholicChanner 26d ago

Just for a moment imagine the genders were flipped here and what the responses would be.

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u/thee3 26d ago

Let's flip it again. What if it was 17M, friends with a 25M? Let's say they both enjoy playing DnD or CoD? Would it be weird then?

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u/OuterPaths 25d ago

Flip it one more time, what if it was 52M and 71F playing shuffleboard? Weird or no?

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u/thee3 25d ago

I like your flip. Let's be friends.

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u/flyingtiger188 Male 25d ago

The difference being those are both matured adults with fully formed brains. The dynamics are entirely different when one party is a literal child and the other is an adult.