[the truth]

clealry this is a major concern, we hope she will be safe and well, and he will probably go to prison...however its hard to judge exactly until we know more...some relationships between adults and teenage girls have in fact lasted , jerry lee lewis married a 13 year old and they were married for 13 years with 2 children. its clearly a very dodgy area, quite how big a crime this is, is very much open to the details ....clearly his teaching career is over, his repuation in tatters and he will have this on his record for life. on the other hand if she is there on her own free will, perhaps they havent had sex. she may be desperately unhappy at home. so many are, who knows.. be interesting to see how this develops.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by the truth

clealry this is a major concern, we hope she will be safe and well, and he will probably go to prison...however its hard to judge exactly until we know more...some relationships between adults and teenage girls have in fact lasted , jerry lee lewis married a 13 year old and they were married for 13 years with 2 children. its clearly a very dodgy area, quite how big a crime this is, is very much open to the details ....clearly his teaching career is over, his repuation in tatters and he will have this on his record for life. on the other hand if she is there on her own free will, perhaps they havent had sex. she may be desperately unhappy at home. so many are, who knows.. be interesting to see how this develops.

Think the chances of prison time are about nil if our sentencing judges are anything to go by of late. She simply says she went of her own volition, had no sex, he did not force her, didn't try to control her, cared for her etc: threatens to kill herself etc: too many factors there that I think he'd not do time for this.

Ultimately - whether this may or may not work out / last is not what is important.

What is important, and is more telling: is the fact that no contact has been made - and any 30 year old intelligent man, will know and be very aware of the concern and worry this will have caused.

If anything has done them the most harm: it's the avoidance of contact - and the longer that goes on: the worse effect that will have on the entire situation.