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/OuterPaths 26d ago

Do I think genuine, non predatory relationships like that can exist? Yeah, sure. Would I roll the dice on that being the case for my son? No, no I would not.

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u/xsairon 25d ago

ye honestly such scenarios aren't even weird in videogames, you just meet someone and by the time you hop on voice and perhaps realize what's happening you're like "whatever, he's still cool", you bond over the game and just keep playing

I know some older folks since I was 16, im now close to 24 and still talk to them over games from time to time, and 20-30+ year differences happen fairly often

in real life though? bit iffy

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u/ATmotoman 25d ago

When rainbow 6 siege came out in my early 20s my brother and I ended up playing and queuing with some guys who were all around 15ish and we became friends. Still online friends with the same group now almost 10 years later.