yes, the title is correct and not bait 👍

i (22x) have a friend/acquaintance (25m) who is friends with a 13f irl, but people are calling him a weirdo.

he has no romantic relations with this girl and knows her through her dad (40s, m) but people are still calling him a creep and idk how to help besides saying he isn’t. it’s not like he went out of his way to go “hi im looking for 13 year old girls, wanna be friends?”

i feel really bad for the girl and i hope he doesn’t have any bad feelings or intentions, but i’ve heard from him he’s done nothing but mentor her and tutor her.

(i wasn’t there idk if i can truly believe it, but still)

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Hopefully your friend is a responsible and well adjusted human. He needs to be careful, and interactions need to be supervised.

    Kids that age can develop crushes and fantasies about inappropriately older people.

    However, platonic relationships with older people can be productive and helpful in the development of a child, and can provide an outlet for issues they are not comfortable discussing with parents (for whatever reason).