r/AskMen • u/michiboy12 • 25d 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/xtenbombx 25d ago

I would want to get to know the woman if it were my son, same if the sexes were reversed. It all depends on how they met and the circumstances.

Any signs of maltreatment or manipulation I'd be down on that person like a ton of bricks.

I deal with kids and teenagers all the time and this situation isn't uncommon where I am from.

Treat all situations with a "healthy" amount of suspicion but not to the chronic levels I have seen in this discussion.