Originally Posted by Grinity
Originally Posted by Dude
And this highlights why girls and boys have to be evaluated according to different standards, because being 18 months younger generally means the bolded things don't happen to boys.
And when it does, boyo, does it cause parents to worry! (parents of girls also are generally not too pleased once the gap grows even bigger, 3 years isn't that uncommon.)
I can attest to this in that dd13 has had 16-17 y/o boys interested in her and that type of an age gap is not comfortable or allowable here.

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But again, you have to ask yourself
1) was this kid going to be the local M.O.K. (as my dad would say) if he stayed with agepeers?
What is a M.O.K.?

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