Is it illegal for an adult to date a teenager?

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It depends. What age teenager?

13? Illegal. As of consent is 16 in Canada, so 16, 17, 18, 19 would be legal aged teenagers to date - and have sex with. Age of consent is 18 if you’re in a position of authority over them, ie teacher/coach/boss etc.

As for a completely non sexual relationship with zero sexting or sexual flirting of any kind, that’s not illegal. It’s calles a friendship. Or it could be a bit of a big brother/sister type role model relationship. But zero sexual anything? That’s not exactly a dating/romantic relationship so your question doesn’t really make much sense. Who dates someone with zero sexual interest or intent? An asexual adult and an asexual teenager under 16?

I don't think it's illegal but that can open up a can of worms if the parents find out and their child is a minor. I don't think the police would come and arrest you if you have not done anything. But you can get roasted by the parents. I wouldn't want some older guy dating my underage daughter. Really? What the hell are you doing with a minor? Unless you are 18 and my daughter is 16, close enough or if you are 21 and my daughter is 17. Though the age of consent in Oregon is 18. Though I think it's a bad idea to date a teen under the age of consent because if you have sex and then you both break up, the teen can just tell their parents they dated you for revenge so you can get charged with statutory rape. I have heard of teens doing this to their over aged exes because they caught them cheating or because they broke up with them.

I had an ex who was worried people would think he was a pedophile if he was rubbing me or touching me whenever he thought I was being too immature for him. He would also do ignore me too if he thought I was being too immature. Why? He didn't want people to think he was a pedophile even though I was 21 at the time. That really hurt and to this day I have not really forgiven him and I felt I had to be a zombie because my excitement was too immature or my smile or my grin or my interests, etc. for him to not ignore me and not be embarrassed of me. He blamed it all on PTSD just because his ex called him one but yet he wasn't even in therapy for it. He wasn't in therapy at all for any of his "PTSD issues." He had no problem getting money from his grandparents so certainly he could have gotten it from them for his therapy if he truly had PTSD. He was just emotionally abusive.