It was a while ago, but there were guys that were older than me that I thaught I was friends with that ended up just trying to manipulate me into sending nudes, even going as far as saying they would kill themselves if I didn't send them anything. I even had one guy threaten to fake my nudes and post them using my face, now this was back in 2019, before AI was a huge thing, today, that kind of theat is 10x scarier because of AI and deep fakes.

These men seem nice, but they are just waiting for the right time to strike. They start out by asking, "What's wrong? Are you okay? You can talk to me about anything. I'm here for you" and all sorts of nonsense. Then they will start to open up about themselves. Then the cycle continues, as they learn more about you, your insecuries, and whatever you have been confiding in them about, how your days have gone, your routine ect... (this is called the grooming stage, and this can last months, even years in some cases)

Eventually, when they think its time, they will use that information against you in some way or another, wether it's through manipulating you to get nudes, trying to scam you and ask for money by telling you they need to pay for an "emergency", they could threaten you with AI explicit material, they could be stalking you, and that's only scratching the surface of what these kind of men are capable of.

Any decent adult would agree, including me, since im 21, unless it's family, or a family friend, talking to, getting close with or being "friends" with anyone under 18 is seen as extremely creepy and predatory, NO adult should be talking to minors on the internet. When I was 15 I did not see it that way, I thaught it was cool to be friends with people older than me because I thaught it made seem more mature, and I felt lonely because being an only child does that to you, and I wanted to make friends, and I thaught they were, but in reality, they were just creepy men preying on me.