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Hi all,
This is an issue that I feel is out of my depth, and I wanted to put it to a wider group of individuals who might be able to advise me.
The scenario is as such: I participate on a very small, chummy, intellectual RP site with strong historical overtones. I have become good friends with many of the members, including a person I will call 'AP'. AP and I have been e-mailing for a while, we get on very well and share a lot of interests. He is 14 and I am 23, but we've never found that this really bothers us. I guess I feel like a sort of big sister, as I have a lot of brothers in real life.
The issue is that recently his family decided to pay a visit not only to my country, but also to my hometown. We want to meet face to face, chat over coffee, and geek out about our favorite related subjects, but we're a little unsure as to how his family will react to him wanting to meet up with an older woman whom he met over the internet. I have advised him to talk to his parents about it, and would certainly not meet up with him without their knowing or their consent.
What do you think? It never occured to me before this point that anyone could put a negative spin on our friendship, but I am rather unnerved. I don't want anyone becoming suspicious of what is really a very very innocent friendship!
This is an issue that I feel is out of my depth, and I wanted to put it to a wider group of individuals who might be able to advise me.
The scenario is as such: I participate on a very small, chummy, intellectual RP site with strong historical overtones. I have become good friends with many of the members, including a person I will call 'AP'. AP and I have been e-mailing for a while, we get on very well and share a lot of interests. He is 14 and I am 23, but we've never found that this really bothers us. I guess I feel like a sort of big sister, as I have a lot of brothers in real life.
The issue is that recently his family decided to pay a visit not only to my country, but also to my hometown. We want to meet face to face, chat over coffee, and geek out about our favorite related subjects, but we're a little unsure as to how his family will react to him wanting to meet up with an older woman whom he met over the internet. I have advised him to talk to his parents about it, and would certainly not meet up with him without their knowing or their consent.
What do you think? It never occured to me before this point that anyone could put a negative spin on our friendship, but I am rather unnerved. I don't want anyone becoming suspicious of what is really a very very innocent friendship!