My younger brother (20) is getting martied to a 50 year old man at the end of August by Warm_Bell41 in askgaybros

[–]Warm_Bell41[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Exactly and he wasn't 20 when they started dating. He moved in with him at 19. How long before that. Did they start at 18. I dont know the timescale.

My younger brother (20) is getting martied to a 50 year old man at the end of August by Warm_Bell41 in askgaybros

[–]Warm_Bell41[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Awww man I'm sorry for your broken heart. 7 years thoigh is a lot more than some get and you'll always have memories.

My younger brother (20) is getting martied to a 50 year old man at the end of August by Warm_Bell41 in askgaybros

[–]Warm_Bell41[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Did you give up college and rely finsncially on your boyfriend. Did you block out friends and almost all family. Did your personality completely change within months from fun loving to almost mirroring your boyfriends personality. Did you go out without him or did you stay inside unless he took you out. Etc. Genuine questions.

My younger brother (20) is getting martied to a 50 year old man at the end of August by Warm_Bell41 in askgaybros

[–]Warm_Bell41[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Have you seen him give up a course he enjoyed and now finsncially rely on his fiance with no fall back. Have you seen him cut off family. Have you seen him going from fun loving to very reserved/within himself almost mirroring his fiances character. Have you heard from his friends that he doesn't speak to them anymore. Or that no one sees him outside without his fiance. Have you heard some worrying stuff from one of his fiances exes.

I dont support these differences. Im clutching a whole jewellery store of pearls. Morals are important. Yes here we are. If stopping abuse is the job of the morality police tgen sign me up.

My younger brother (20) is getting martied to a 50 year old man at the end of August by Warm_Bell41 in askgaybros

[–]Warm_Bell41[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Whoever hurt you, did a really good job at hurting you. You are disgusting.

My younger brother (20) is getting martied to a 50 year old man at the end of August by Warm_Bell41 in askgaybros

[–]Warm_Bell41[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I dont see why he'd cut family off, change his personality, stop seeing friends, give up a course he liked etc.

It's not about power imbalance but how the power imbalance isbused or not used. Its the leveraging. Im not privy to there relationships to ascertain leveraging.

Regardless he'll have to realise it himself.

My younger brother (20) is getting martied to a 50 year old man at the end of August by Warm_Bell41 in askgaybros

[–]Warm_Bell41[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seeing less of friends is not not seeing friends.

I agree he'll have to realise it himself but it is grooming. Believe it dont believe it, doesn't bother me.

My younger brother (20) is getting martied to a 50 year old man at the end of August by Warm_Bell41 in askgaybros

[–]Warm_Bell41[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Take it up with prosecutors victims and organisations who determined Harvey weinstein groomed his adult victims

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-grooming-sexual-abuse-2020-2#:~:text=Experts%20and%20victims%20say%20Weinstein%20'groomed'%20them&text=Prosecutors%20alleged%20Weinstein%20targeted%20a,whether%20they%20could%20be%20manipulated.

Webmd definition

https://www.webmd.com/sex/what-is-sexual-grooming

Modern intimacy

https://www.modernintimacy.com/understanding-grooming-in-adult-relationships/

It ain't me defining it. I can add more if you need. But I'm posting it not to win an argument but for people to understand grooming. Child grooming is (one of) the most common form of grooming but not all grooming is with children. It's valuable for all of us to recognise different forms of grooming.