2 years is nothing - my partner is thirty one years older than I am.

I also think the age gap should be much smaller among teens, for the obvious reasons.  My own parents have a nine year age gap between them, but if my dad was twenty years old when he started dating my mom (who would have been eleven), that would have been sickening.

For you sophomores and such dating seniors, college freshmen and the like, yes...a two year age difference could definitely become an issue.  If you and your significant other are sexually active, that is.  In my state, even if you are 16, and your boyfriend is 18, he could still be issued a misdemeanor charge of statutory rape.

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What if the younger one is thirty five, does s/he still need parental permission??!

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I heard something quite contravesial from a friend of mine the other day, he said *ahem*:

"at 14 you're expected to decide what career path you want to take, a decision that's gonna affect the rest of your life. If a 14 year old is expected to make a decision as important as this, why the hell is it that they aren't seen as being mature enough to have sex for two more years?

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Well...my boyfriend and I aren't sexually active...we haven't really discussed it either...I'm sort of waiting. I'm not really sure why. I mean...waiting to talk about it, not that I'm just going to jump the gun and start having sex or anything, I just mean that I believe that a couple should talk about what they personally believe and whether they both agree on the subject.

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Well, what tends to happen among even the closest pre-active couples is that sex is too awkward or "embarrassing" to discuss.  This is why, when it first happens, it catches many off guard (and unprotected), resulting in the classic pregnancy scare.  If you guys do want to eventually have sex, don't be afraid to be the first one to bring it up.  As a young woman, you have to really push the protection issue, because you want to protect your body.

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I heard something quite contravesial from a friend of mine the other day, he said *ahem*:

"at 14 you're expected to decide what career path you want to take, a decision that's gonna affect the rest of your life. If a 14 year old is expected to make a decision as important as this, why the hell is it that they aren't seen as being mature enough to have sex for two more years?

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Oh come on....most college students aren't even sure which major they will be pursuing.

A fourteen year old's body isn't nearly finished developing, and they are just beginning to establish their own sexuality.  And of course, there is the responsibility issues.  Can't drive, can't work--and you want to run the risk of procreating?  All in all, I think that young teens should wait a few years before having sex.