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Teenage hormines

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  • Probably a good idea if they change their holiday plans for next year...
    Would agree with this.

    His interest may of course wane very fast if he realises no money will be forthcoming.
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  • mgdavid
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    good grief, are there really people around who are that naive / stupid / ignorant?
    OP, in your shoes I'd be considering if I want to continue being connected with this person - but on the credit side I guess you're performing an extremely valuable service, sort of 'care in the community'!
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  • Fireflyaway
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    If I were the mum I would not go back to the same place on holiday its too risky. Whilst she knows she will see him again she will keep up the interest. She needs to be told that this happens all the time and whilst she is not there he is probably with another girl. Maybe a new each week! My husband is Moroccan funnily enough so nothing against the country or people but this is common. In morocco and other Muslim countries its not acceptable to date before marriage. This guy might well come from a poor background and for him its a dream come true. Away from the disapproving eyes of his family he can get a new girl each week and if he is lucky she might send him money / buy gifts or even allow him the chance to come to the UK. The mum needs to put her foot down immediately. Otherwise her daughter will end up heartbroken , stuck in an unhappy way of life or pregnant. Once the romance dies off does she really want to be living in a country where she knows nobody or end up supporting him ?
    Once again - not all holiday romances end in disaster but the vast majority do. Most men will pick on the very young because they are too naive to notice what they are doing or the older woman who is vulnerable and blinded by the attention. She is a child and needs protecting.
  • Loz01
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    So a girl who had "just turned" 14 and a man that is 22 or 23... that is not only morally wrong but it is against the law. The mother needs to cut all contact between them, she is a child and he is an adult who is obviously grooming her.
  • pphillips
    pphillips Posts: 1,631 Forumite
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    edited 21 November 2016 at 4:10PM
    Loz01 wrote: »
    but it is against the law .

    It might be against the law as we don't know what is and isn't legal in Morocco.

    If this happened in the UK then the age of consent here is 16, "consent" refers to sex or other sexual acts. It does not mean kissing on the face or in the mouth.
  • mgdavid wrote: »
    good grief, are there really people around who are that naive / stupid / ignorant?

    Suspicions are being roused that it might just be a clickbait thread.
    Person_one wrote: »
    That's a fairly substantial development in just 12 hours though, and a lot of info for a text! Are the timescales here true to life OP or are you condensing?
  • Acc72
    Acc72 Posts: 1,528 Forumite
    Suspicions are being roused that it might just be a clickbait thread.



    My thoughts too - surely this isn't real?
  • Bogalot
    Bogalot Posts: 1,102 Forumite
    Suspicions are being roused that it might just be a clickbait thread.

    Why would mum2one, who has been a member for nine years and has 16K posts, be posting clickbait?
  • mum2one
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    Mojisola wrote: »
    Or that he's suddenly in need of money and can you send him a 'loan'.

    I'd also be concerned about whether she is sending him any revealing photos of herself - otherwise the request for money could come with a threat to post the photos on the web.

    (Cross posted with above post)

    I've asked and the photos that went across - were ones of 2 of them out and about - no naughty or revealing photos x
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
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    Ahh, true love!
    Did the mother receive this message or the daughter?
    Probably a good idea if they change their holiday plans for next year...

    The mother got it, shes sent me the screenshots of conversation he's really made himself at home as to say ...
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
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