Oh, and the only difference if he were less than three years older than you would be that he would be charged with a misdemeanor instead of a felony. CA does not fool around; when they say 18, they MEAN 18.
Your options? You have two options. Continue to give in to the demands and needs of your child molester boyfriend until your parents get him arrested and get a no contact order. You are too young to visit him in prison. Then you might be forced to come to your senses. At least the child molester will be cut off. Don't worry, if he is cute he'll have his own lovers in jail.
Option two: Listen to your parents and engage in an age appropriate relationship.
You might think you are in love, but you are simply being manipulated very skillfully.
You are a minor. You have no legal options. This is a legal forum.
I am sure there are other forums for mommy and daddy don't understand that I am in love at the moment with a child molester and I am a immature child that doesn't realize it and apparently too stupid to figure it out.
Hersupernature here is what I think. What everyone said about what your BF faces is very true. You cant do much if charges are pressed. Look, what he did was illegal. According to the law he will go to jail. But there is one this you can do. You can have a talk with your parents.
It might even help for your BF to accompany you. Apologize to your parents for your actions. Admit you were both wrong. Let them know you two will NEVER engage in this type of behavior again. Ask for their permission to continue dating and if they refuse gracefully accept and respect their decision. And last but not least plead with them to not press charges.
If your parents are understanding then they will respond positively to this. This is pretty much the only thing that you have control over. I wish you the best of luck.
To everyone that responded to her, I’m just curious are the regular members on this site always so aggressive? Ok let me argue this scientifically. The majority of studies have shown that children respond better to empathy, respect and firm but fair discipline. When disciplined with mockery, ridicule, fear and harsh/strict discipline their behavior is antithetical to what was intended.
I noticed almost every minor posting a question about underage sex is met with ridicule, sarcasm and just plain bullying. I believe that most who are doing this mean well and you don’t want to see the sick bastards that are out there take advantage of our minors. But don’t you see you are being counteractive by posting like this?
What I’m saying is they probably won’t go out and have tons of more sex because of your posts But if you had posted your points in a more supportive manner some of them might take your advice.
Anyway, I’m done ranting.
Dude/Dudette, seriously. Let's ask mom and dad if it's ok if I say I'm sorry? You're missing the point. There is a 10 yr difference between these two ppl, which makes one a child (based on age) and one an adult predator. Period. If the parents condone the behavior (yeah, momsy, we had sex, but it will NEVER happen again, just let me see my prince charming) they are NOT protecting their child. I'm telling you, if this was my kid, I wouldn't have to worry about going to jail for allowing a predatory relationship (my term, not legal term) cause I'd already BE in jail for Assualt and Battery with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm on the 26 yo.
If her parents do not kick the holy hoo-hoo out of the guy, I'd be surprised. If they are "understanding" they won't detain him at shogun point for the police, he'll be allowed to leave before the cops get there.
It is NOT being "understanding" to accept a felony sex crime committed against your minor daughter.
And you HAVE children? Do you have a degree or a credential in child development? (As a note, I have elements of both ...)To everyone that responded to her, I’m just curious are the regular members on this site always so aggressive? Ok let me argue this scientifically. The majority of studies have shown that children respond better to empathy, respect and firm but fair discipline. When disciplined with mockery, ridicule, fear and harsh/strict discipline their behavior is antithetical to what was intended.
Mockery and ridicule are certainly the wrong method, but strict discipline certainly has its place. Not every child responds to calm conversation and reasoning ... if you think teens can always be reasonable you clearly do not have any or have not had to regularly deal with them.
It is NOT simply discipline telling a child, "Hell no!" when it comes to screwing around with a 26 year old man. Such an action is almost certainly in the best interests of the child.
It amazes many of us that people (kids getting boinked by adults, or adults boinking kids) come here seeking some sort of affirmation of their often illegal behavior. There is also more to the law than just the legal age of consent. A minor who may be over the legal age can still be jail bait for the guy who entices or encourages a minor child to disobey a parent. In some states they call it contributing to the delinquency of a minor, or custodial interference, or some other name - but they all involve someone encouraging a child to be out of the control of their parents and can be charged for THAT crime even if not for the sex act itself.
Sometimes a serious slap in the forehead can stun someone back to reality and common sense. And if you had any idea how many people used to come here asking if there was some legal way for them to boff a child (or be boffed by an adult) you'd get sick of it after a while, too.
YOU don't have any,outside of stop having sex with him, and tell him to run far, far, far away and never return.
He has already committed a crime, and your parents have the legal right to have him brought up on charges of statutory rape. And they ought to. Until you reach the age of 18, you are their property, and they can do with you as they please.
We're not the folks with the maturity issues, little one.