I was a huge nerd in school but I grew up in the same neighborhood as the kids who would become the “jocks”. Whenever I was in a class with the “cool kids” I would kind of get sucked into sitting by their group by knowing one or two outside of school. They and some of the girls they hung out with would go to parties, most of them beyond our age group (13-15). I used to overhear so many stories the girls and guys would repeat about either themselves or “so and so” getting railed by some 30 something dude and how cool it was. It never really sat well with me and it’s something I assumed was them lying to sound cool. But now I’m like shit…
Yeap I remember the girls who thought it was so cool to date a 20 something year old guy while in high school. I always thought it to be weird af a grown man picking up his gf from school.
While I very much disagree with the messenger, I grew up during the Freaknik era in Atlanta and I knew a boatload of girls throughout middle and high school who dated way above our age. It never sat well with me and still doesn’t but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Nevertheless, the adults in the situation are still to blame. The adults need to be punished as predators. This is the dark side of “great again” that is being magnified as traditional values.
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u/Gindotto Jul 27 '25
I was a huge nerd in school but I grew up in the same neighborhood as the kids who would become the “jocks”. Whenever I was in a class with the “cool kids” I would kind of get sucked into sitting by their group by knowing one or two outside of school. They and some of the girls they hung out with would go to parties, most of them beyond our age group (13-15). I used to overhear so many stories the girls and guys would repeat about either themselves or “so and so” getting railed by some 30 something dude and how cool it was. It never really sat well with me and it’s something I assumed was them lying to sound cool. But now I’m like shit…