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16 year old darts player and his 21 year old girlfriend.

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Witchcraftandhokum · 02/01/2024 19:36

I'm no darts fan but I've seen loads about this new player Luke Littler who is 16 and is doing very well. His girlfriend is 21, am I the only one who rinks this is inappropriate? (Despite the fact that he looks about 38).

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Oblomov23 · 05/01/2024 09:48

@soupfiend said:

"Apparently he is so vulnerable and needs protection".

Where is this coming from please? Is he very vulnerable? Had a rough upbringing?

TheOriginalEmu · 05/01/2024 15:08

TheCadoganArms · 04/01/2024 13:57

Ah yes, the good old days of two generations ago where the average life expectancy of a man was in his 50s and people were forced to work early as their was fuck all welfare state and compulsory education only extended to the age of 14. There is a reason why 16 year olds can't vote, drink, take out financial products, smoke or hold a driving license is that they are not deemed mature enough to make informed decisions. Read the forums here where parents are in a twist and asking advice because their teen daughter or son has made a series of epically stupid decisions against their best interests. Being surrounded by adults at a young age does not actually make you at adult. I do not believe that 25 year olds should be infantalised either but I strongly disagree that a 16 year old is in a good place to embark on a relationship with someone five years older then them and I would be extremely suspicious of said 21 year olds motivations if they try to start a relationship with a recently famous and just come in to money teen.

Erm, 2 generations ago was my parents age. Born in the early 1950s, after the birth of the NHS and the welfare state, and life expectancy was 68 and 71 respectively for men and women.

MorganKitten · 06/01/2024 09:15

TheDuck2018 · 03/01/2024 23:53

MorganKitten · Today 23:39
She worked with kids. It’s a statement. Not like most of the comments on here. So take from it what you will. No side. Just fact

You've now deliberately missed off the eclipses from your initial post because you know it was a particularly malicious comment with intent to cast aspersions.
Don't try and come the innocent now, we've seen what you wrote.
And I ask again, what was the point of it? Please explain why it has any relevance.

Nope. Just because you read something into it doesn’t make me the malicious one, if you thought more about it then that’s on you.

I knew her, I worked with her. While she was with her ex (Ben) who she dumped for Luke, she made a play for my boyfriend. She started messaging him on a night out, he showed me and ignored it. Until she tried to kiss him when he got her a taxi when she was drunk. She always told her boyfriend she was just out for dinner with friends but was acutely out drinking and flirting. If it was innocent why not tell him where you are?

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