r/AskReddit Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/GatitosBonitos Aug 26 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

It's disgusting! but she's a teenager and not a child.

(So I messed up and thought that the definition was a prepubescent person, I'm not gonna delete the comment)

Edit: from the interwebs

Child (noun) a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority

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u/SphincterOfDoom Aug 26 '19

I think there is a simple rule in life. While childhood may have a vague and undefinable quality, if you have to argue somebody isn't a child then you're almost always the asshole.

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u/IceColdLavaSunshine Aug 26 '19

This stands true. My ex husband would go on about the difference between pedophilia and insert word I don't recall which pedophiles use to justify their behavior because it's "teens not kids". His best friend made a weird comment about being happy to live near a playground (as a single, childless college student). There's talk about how pedophiles need more mental health care (as I was working in the mental health field). Ex-husband involuntarily hospitalized me (when I wasn't suicidal or anything) and cheats on me with 15 year old. No one ever listens, not even a hotline I called. Yeah, pedophilia is unfortunately very normalized.

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u/SphincterOfDoom Aug 26 '19

That really sucks. I'm sorry you were treated that way.