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Would you find this weird…

121 replies

GoldfishMemory99 · 09/06/2026 16:10

Woman in her 30s with 3 children (oldest being 11) dating a 18 year old?

This person is a friend and wondering if I should take a step back from the friendship as I am weirded out by it. Aibu?

OP posts:
MiaKulper · 09/06/2026 21:16

@Delphiniumandlupins , No she’s moved him in after a month of “dating”.

Namechangergtr · 09/06/2026 21:26

JollyGreenWatermelon · 09/06/2026 19:59

oh please

yes things happen

sadly a lot of things also happen despite social workers being told and choosing not to do anything about it. Maybe if you concentrate on actual cases of abuse instead of making stuff up?

Can you not see that moving a man, of any age, into your home after only a month is a potential risk to your children?

TessSaysYes · 09/06/2026 22:01

Yeah...that's odd. Dating a kid basically. 😖

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/06/2026 22:39

Eww 😄

Unacceptable and gross. The 18yo would have to look like Chris Hemsworth himself to even justify an attraction

Like what do you talk to an 18yo about?!

Parenthood is lonely but this is nonce territory 🤢

EmailsaysOOO · 09/06/2026 22:39

Bloody weird

Delphiniumandlupins · 09/06/2026 22:42

MiaKulper · 09/06/2026 21:16

@Delphiniumandlupins , No she’s moved him in after a month of “dating”.

Gosh yes. I was mixing months and weeks. The friend sounds dangerous to her DC.

MiaKulper · 09/06/2026 22:57

@Delphiniumandlupins, It's scary isn't it. I'm hoping the thread is a wind-up, I can't believe that any parent could be that reckless.

MasterBeth · 09/06/2026 23:02

MiaKulper · 09/06/2026 16:24

Would you find it weird if the woman was 18 and the man was in his 30s with 3 children?

Yes. Creepy AF.

Dollymylove · 09/06/2026 23:16

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/06/2026 22:39

Eww 😄

Unacceptable and gross. The 18yo would have to look like Chris Hemsworth himself to even justify an attraction

Like what do you talk to an 18yo about?!

Parenthood is lonely but this is nonce territory 🤢

Edited

Give over

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/06/2026 23:17

Dollymylove · 09/06/2026 23:16

Give over

It is, its gross! I picture a skinny spotty teenager 😄🤢

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/06/2026 23:42

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/06/2026 23:17

It is, its gross! I picture a skinny spotty teenager 😄🤢

I picture a sullen, monosyllabic kid in a black hoodie and joggers sitting on some railings outside the co-op with other identical boys.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/06/2026 23:45

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/06/2026 23:42

I picture a sullen, monosyllabic kid in a black hoodie and joggers sitting on some railings outside the co-op with other identical boys.

😄😄

Or a pasty student prepping for freshers week

'Bring on the clunge and the £1 pints!'

Would you find this weird…
Harriet36 · 10/06/2026 06:12

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/06/2026 22:39

Eww 😄

Unacceptable and gross. The 18yo would have to look like Chris Hemsworth himself to even justify an attraction

Like what do you talk to an 18yo about?!

Parenthood is lonely but this is nonce territory 🤢

Edited

Do you actually know what a nonce is?

Somersetbaker · 10/06/2026 08:23

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/06/2026 23:42

I picture a sullen, monosyllabic kid in a black hoodie and joggers sitting on some railings outside the co-op with other identical boys.

kevin the teenager as played by Harry Enfield.

GoldfishMemory99 · 10/06/2026 08:52

MiaKulper · 09/06/2026 22:57

@Delphiniumandlupins, It's scary isn't it. I'm hoping the thread is a wind-up, I can't believe that any parent could be that reckless.

It’s definitely not a wind up! Saw her this morning, told her I don’t agree with what she’s doing and that she’s old enough to be his mother and it was creepy. It didn’t go down very well as you can imagine apparently she can’t help who she loves… so the friendship is over as I said a few unpleasant choice words to her.

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LewKirtonHeavenInTheAfternoonNSOul · 10/06/2026 09:08

Be another kid in the post soon cos she's in lurve.

MiaKulper · 10/06/2026 09:37

@GoldfishMemory99 , thanks. She's thinking with her fanny. Poor kids.

thepariscrimefiles · 10/06/2026 09:48

I worked with someone who left her husband for the 18 year old best friend of her own son.

She went from mumsy to biker chick overnight!

spinachgr8 · 10/06/2026 17:10

thepariscrimefiles · 10/06/2026 09:48

I worked with someone who left her husband for the 18 year old best friend of her own son.

She went from mumsy to biker chick overnight!

Oh my God, how old was she? How did her friends and family react?

thepariscrimefiles · 10/06/2026 17:28

spinachgr8 · 10/06/2026 17:10

Oh my God, how old was she? How did her friends and family react?

She was about 35 or 36. She's got married very young and had children when she was 17 or 18. Her son who was the friend of her boyfriend stopped speaking to her and his former friend. Her ex-husband had a break-down so it was pretty awful. She didn't give a toss though.

lljkk · 10/06/2026 20:40

I would not unfriend someone for this.

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