GOP congressman made headlines for his cute son. Then people brought up how he met his wife....
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So a child groomer, huh. Projection yet again.
Eh, could have been worse... they could have met at a family reunion. ;)
Honestly, two adults who are related getting married is less gross to me than a middle-aged person marrying a child.
Marrying an adult he had too much access to as a child.
Ick.
She’s 33 now. Grooming permanently damage her or could she just be legit in love with him today? Or even if so were other opportunities potential stolen from her, or what’s y’alls take?
Possibly all of the above. If I were in her shoes I'd have probably taken the deal as well. Guaranteed all-expenses scholarship in your chosen field, followed afterward by a train of effectively infinite money coupled with political power? And in return she just has to give this old man the occasional shag? It's honestly not a bad deal.
Make no mistake though, she is a victim here. Even if she may have profited off it the fact remains that she was groomed by a middle aged man while in high school and was extremely likely coerced into this relationship, either by offers or by threats or most likely some combination of both. A Faustian deal was struck here, where the opportunity for a regular loving family was given up in exchange for power, but it's not clear to me how much choice was given to her in this deal.
Thank you for the excellent analysis. Sounds very right.
It's quite possible to have feelings towards an abuser/groomer. But yeah, she probably could have had better chances if she weren't groomed.
Yup. That's a deeply unsettling age difference.
Haha holy shit that's this guy?
Someone tell the kid his dad's a groomer
That one person was probably just trolling, but nowadays teens are much less likely to be sexually active than in previous decades.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-have-been-having-less-sex-whether-theyre-teenagers-or-40-somethings/
bride-elect? what does that mean?
This guy is still around in Congress?! I had no idea it was the same dude when the recent articles about the photobombing kid came out. Ew.
Removed, misogyny.
This child was groomed for sex and you blame the victim to defend a pedophile.
Removed, trolling.
That is perfect satire.
I understand what you did and still want to yell at you.
Yeah, trolling.
"I love being a pedophile apologist"
You're right, all I have to go on are your words.
Which happen to be defending a guy who was in his 40s and grooming a minor.
"I don't care if Children get groomed."
-You!
Because nobody has ever been led astray by information on the internet. It's all full of truth and only has good things on it. Certainly couldn't affect a young mind to persuasion.
Which you clearly know, because you're a 17 year old girl, right? If not, please do explain in detail how you know so much about the sexual habits of teenage girls. Go on, we're listening.
I guess I read an /s in there