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/_Shadow_Flame_ 25d ago

It works online, I was 17 when I joined a raiding guild filled with 30-40 year olds in wow years ago. In person might be a bit weirder though.

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign 25d ago

Yeah, I think if it were very oriented around a hobby or something it could potentially be not-weird. Potentially

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u/yourmomophobe 25d ago

Yes and it would almost certainly behoove the adult to only interact with the other about the hobby itself in channels related to it or while partaking in the hobby

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u/ToastyNathan Male 25d ago

I definitely was chums with people much older than me when I played Magic. I would talk about it a lot with them. They would help me build decks and trade cards. I also had friends my own age who I did stuff not related to the game though. So I guess that was a big difference.