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To tell my friend the truth?

169 replies

OneOfTheTwo · 11/01/2025 21:44

I’m a member of a large friend group and when we were younger we would regularly all go clubbing together. Mixture of Males and Females. We’re a bit older now so that has long died out.

There was one night we went out and one of my male friends had a one night stand. He was 25 at the time and I specifically remember the girl as I was chatting to her for ages. I remember her specifically as we got chatting about one of the tattoos on her arm (it was a niche show I like), she had loads of tattoos and she was wearing heavy goth makeup so unforgettable. I remember her telling me she was 21 and worked full time in an office as she said she “made loads of money”. Nothing more came from that one night stand with my friend.

Fast forward to yesterday and we’ve hired a new batch at work and I instantly recognised the girl but couldn’t place my finger on it. I was training her in one department and I spotted the tattoo and it all came back to me. I remembered her name and when I asked her it was definitely the same person. She told me she’d just graduated and was 21. I worked it out and that means she was 16 or 17 when we met her depending on her date of birth, so she must have had a fake ID to get into where we were. I obviously haven’t mentioned to her that I recognise her from that night.

Obviously this means my friend slept with her at the age of 16 when he was 25. Although legal is extremely questionable and I know he wouldn’t have done it if he knew. I told my partner when I got home as he is also friends with the guy and he thinks I need to tell him as he would want to know. I feel like I shouldn’t as what would it achieve apart from making him feel disgusting about herself? Personally I think I should just mind my own business here. We were all there that night, she was in a club and covered in tattoos!

WWYD?

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fourelementary · 11/01/2025 22:57

Is it more of an issue that you’re now working with your partners ONS shag? Rather than her age? As really if she looked and acted older and was an actual consenting adult anyway… what’s the big deal???

Wallawallakoala · 11/01/2025 22:57

So yeah really you shouldn’t tell him, but I probably would because I can’t keep my mouth shut.

junerella · 11/01/2025 22:58

Why would you tell him? All you're going to do is make him feel like shit for something in the past he has no idea about.

xyz111 · 11/01/2025 23:00

@KnickerlessParsons of course it exists in UK 🤦🏻‍♀️

NiftyKoala · 11/01/2025 23:00

flyinghen · 11/01/2025 21:56

Stay out of it, your friend didn't do anything wrong.

This. Mind your own business.

OolongTeaDrinker · 11/01/2025 23:00

You can't disclose personal information about a colleague to anyone else anyway, so what's the point of this thread? Break up with your partner if you are so disgusted with him, but don't drag this young woman into anything.

BlueSky2024 · 11/01/2025 23:01

OneOfTheTwo · 11/01/2025 21:44

I’m a member of a large friend group and when we were younger we would regularly all go clubbing together. Mixture of Males and Females. We’re a bit older now so that has long died out.

There was one night we went out and one of my male friends had a one night stand. He was 25 at the time and I specifically remember the girl as I was chatting to her for ages. I remember her specifically as we got chatting about one of the tattoos on her arm (it was a niche show I like), she had loads of tattoos and she was wearing heavy goth makeup so unforgettable. I remember her telling me she was 21 and worked full time in an office as she said she “made loads of money”. Nothing more came from that one night stand with my friend.

Fast forward to yesterday and we’ve hired a new batch at work and I instantly recognised the girl but couldn’t place my finger on it. I was training her in one department and I spotted the tattoo and it all came back to me. I remembered her name and when I asked her it was definitely the same person. She told me she’d just graduated and was 21. I worked it out and that means she was 16 or 17 when we met her depending on her date of birth, so she must have had a fake ID to get into where we were. I obviously haven’t mentioned to her that I recognise her from that night.

Obviously this means my friend slept with her at the age of 16 when he was 25. Although legal is extremely questionable and I know he wouldn’t have done it if he knew. I told my partner when I got home as he is also friends with the guy and he thinks I need to tell him as he would want to know. I feel like I shouldn’t as what would it achieve apart from making him feel disgusting about herself? Personally I think I should just mind my own business here. We were all there that night, she was in a club and covered in tattoos!

WWYD?

I would say nothing, what would be the point, why should he feel guilty about something he was unaware of, she lied to him

Her, on the other hand, she sounds like trouble, I would be keeping a close eye on her and I also wouldn’t let her know that you had met her previously
He could have got into a lot of trouble because of her lying

CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone · 11/01/2025 23:01

CallTheCalvery · 11/01/2025 22:36

We don’t need anymore.

She said it was HER choice to lose her virginity to someone much older.

That is her right even if it is abnormal.

And yet you choose to make HIM the predator.

DCIGadget · 11/01/2025 23:04

I understand why the OP is in a quandary and why it's causing issues. Many of us on here will have been clubbing/raving from very young and know what we got up to and know what the men in those places got up to. How many of us looked over 18? I know I didn't. The OP met this woman then and now and hasn't said she looked 16 or looks young enough to have been 16 5 years ago. For all their make up and hairdos 16 year olds look 16.

AngelicKaty · 11/01/2025 23:05

Someadvice · 11/01/2025 22:54

Dear God the bar is low for a lot of you.

In what way and who is it too low for?

Zonder · 11/01/2025 23:06

KnickerlessParsons · 11/01/2025 22:48

GDPR is an EU regulation and doesn't apply in the U.K.

Not quite. We now have the DPA2018 and the GDPR UK. So the same rules apply, pretty much.

WishinAndHopin · 11/01/2025 23:06

If she already had tattoos, isn’t it more likely that she’s lying about her age now, and is older than 21?

DCIGadget · 11/01/2025 23:07

WishinAndHopin · 11/01/2025 23:06

If she already had tattoos, isn’t it more likely that she’s lying about her age now, and is older than 21?

Not necessarily. If you're underage drinking you are probably doing other things underage too.

Dotto · 11/01/2025 23:07

One night stands when you are single are not "unfortunate", and he did nothing wrong, she was legal and he thought she was older. It's none of your business. I think you need to decide to stop thinking about it if it's making you vomit. Not worth working yourself up over. Don't be so dramatic.

WishinAndHopin · 11/01/2025 23:09

DCIGadget · 11/01/2025 23:07

Not necessarily. If you're underage drinking you are probably doing other things underage too.

The majority of people drink underage but not many get tattoos pre-18.

Gremlins101 · 11/01/2025 23:09

I don't think anything can be gained from telling him

UnrequitedFriends · 11/01/2025 23:09

MinorGodhead · 11/01/2025 22:15

You are way over-invested in a relationship that happened before you got together with your partner. We all have pasts. I lost my virginity to a 47- year old when I was 18. That was my decision. I doubt he’s lying awake fretting.

Similar for me. I didnt think anything was wrong with the age gap in this post. 2 consenting adults.

Suspect OP feeling sick is more to do with working with a lady who shagd partner, rather than anything to do with age

CallTheCalvery · 11/01/2025 23:10

Dotto · 11/01/2025 23:07

One night stands when you are single are not "unfortunate", and he did nothing wrong, she was legal and he thought she was older. It's none of your business. I think you need to decide to stop thinking about it if it's making you vomit. Not worth working yourself up over. Don't be so dramatic.

Edited

I read it as it’s unfortunate that both her and her partner had to witness that behaviour from each other.

I’ve had plenty of one night stands as has my partner. I wouldn’t like the memory of having watched him graft a woman though and vice versa.

I have a feeling OP is more upset that she’s having to work with this woman.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 11/01/2025 23:11

LaurieFairyCake · 11/01/2025 22:05

Yes, you should tell him

I'm guessing he will be as horrified as you are

What good will that do other than cause drama.

CallTheCalvery · 11/01/2025 23:11

CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone · 11/01/2025 23:01

She said it was HER choice to lose her virginity to someone much older.

That is her right even if it is abnormal.

And yet you choose to make HIM the predator.

Are you trying to imply an 18 year old is a predator here?

What does a 47 year old man want with an 18 year old?

Createausername1970 · 11/01/2025 23:12

It's a non-issue. They were both consenting adults. Who cares?

CalicoPusscat · 11/01/2025 23:13

I wouldn't feel very comfortable with it (and be a bit wary of her embellishments such as earning loads of money when she was 16 going on 21) but think you need to let it go.

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Daisybuttercup12345 · 11/01/2025 23:14

Lara1978o · 11/01/2025 22:26

She said she was 21 not 18. She was 16 and still legally a child.

There’s a big difference between 18 and 21. At 25 none of my friends would have gone for an 18 year old in a club.

16 is the age of consent whether a child or not.

DCIGadget · 11/01/2025 23:15

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