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Is it wrong for a 19 yr old to have a 9 yr old friend?

I'm constantly judged because one of my best friends is only 9, but he really likes me & I see nothing wrong with it, but his mom hates me when I've done nothing wrong. He & I are really close & have a lot in common, because he is more skilled than the average 9 yr old. His mom I guess always thought our friendship is weird & she says she'll never trust me, because she fears I'll hurt her son, when all I've ever done was be nice, kind, caring, & brotherly to him. It really eats at me when the mom is the only immediate family member to not like me, what can I do?

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Oryan this is your first question on ask.com at three in the morning and you just opened your account don't be surprised if peoples alarms go off and antennas go up. And your asking a question about a (((9))) year old Hhmmmmm. I'm not judging you but that don't mean others won't fill a little uncomfortable with your question. Now back to your question, if the Childs mother doesn't approve of your said close friendship (((scrap it))) she's the altimate ruling on the matter no matter what you think or the child. Get to stepping because Mom don't like it and if Mom don't like neither do I, she's only looking out for her baby so don't take it personal it's ((((Mommy thang.)))

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good one --- i think it has several pedobear accounts ??
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Ok wow!
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I just wish that if she harbored these feelings of hate for me then why wait til after a bond was created between her son & I to want to try & intervene & stop it? Its just cold, cruel, & heartless. Plus I believe that her hate for me has grown & is stronger than her love for her son thus turning her once good intention into an evil one. I mean otherwise wouldn't at least try & get to know me in order to let me earn her trust. But she has lied to me, built me up with empty words in order to tear me down & watch me fall. She has gone out of her way to hurt me, when her son has & told he would go out of his way to help me. It really seems like her overprotectivness has blinded her from seeing that whenever her son has been around me he has been safe & as happy as can be. So by trying to split us up she is hurting him the very thing that she is trying to prevent. She is trying to protect him, but he has never been in harm's way, in fact the only one who has ever been the target & victim of hurt is me. She doesn't even have the common curtsey to tell me why she hates me.
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Just make sure that you be careful and have her put a PPO out on you ok my friend.
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What do you mean by PPO?
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I have to agree with your friends mom, it is kind of weird.

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something is a little more than weird it would appear --- i believe in Big Brother /Big Sister -- but something stinks and i think that this is a Troll = Trolling = 3 in the morning trying to pick up on a detached child ---
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hold on let me see --- = you opened this account to ask this question and i say - Stay AWAY from that child --== my pedobear alert went off ==

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Alva I'm with you on this one 100% and LQQK OUT BELOW my answer is on the bottom floor. Thumbs up
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i will and Notice 9 is More Skilled than Others === how many 9 years olds is it hanging out with --- mom dont want me to hurt him -- really close --- what does a 9 and a 19 have in common ? and then they seen the need to put in immediate family like if He might be Kin like a uncle or something or something --- it just had creepy and pedo all over it and they have been busy on ASK the last 3 -4 days hot and heavy
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I am not a pedo!!!!!! ALL I AM IS A NICE/GOOD GUY & I SIC OF PICKING LOOKING PAST THAT & WRONGLY JUDGING & ACCUSING ME OF BEING THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE!!!!!!!!!
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well i can feel you perhaps -- but look at it in my perspectives -- if your still out there and not locked up
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Well are you a girl? Or a boy ? I must say it is a bit strange ? How does a kid your age meet a 9yr old ? Well prove them wrong just be yourself tell the mom you have no bad intentions with her child you just like the kid as a friend !(:

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We are neighbors across the street & he sees me almost the time & he wanted to be my friend & being the nice guy that I am I was okay with that. I'm not gonna be rude & tell someone that they can't be my friend. & all my intentions are good & the kid knows that I'd never hurt him. He has even said to me that we are like brothers...he is the little brother I never had. I wanna cherish those people who want to be my friends cause some people don't have any & life would be meaningless w/o friends. I could never hurt someone who wants to be my friend.
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We are neighbors across the street & he has seen me many times & finally once when he & I saw each other alone doing nothing he asked we decided to hang out together & not be lonely. He asked me first if he could be my friend & me being the nice guy wasn't going to be rude say no & hurt his feelings, so I said yes. My intentions are pure, but it seems like now no matter what I do the mom is set on not ever trusting me, but I know every other member of their family likes me though.
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Oh & I'm a boy if you don't know. I just don't know of a way besides an extreme measure to get the mom to see the error in her ways & have a change of heart & like me.
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I get you ! You seem very well aware of your actions and how you want your friendship to go . I personally would find it weird of my 9 year old had a older friend. However now a days kids are meaner crueler and more bullies then ever. So I see why that little boy trusts you so much , enjoy your friendship and slowly you shall gain his moms trust :)
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Thanks Kimmberrly thats means a lot to hear someone else agree with rather than accuse me of being what I am not. I am trying, but his mom is stubborn.
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No nothing wrong with that as long as your intentions are good
Try acting like a role model for him teach him things that his parents would approve of and stuff

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Finally thank you for siding with me. Thats all I've ever been to him, he is the little I never had. We have actually taught each other things & we think of each other as brothers. I've done nothing wrong, but his mom is the only person in his family to not like me...I swear she loves to hate me.
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The worst part is that she has lied to me & won't even have the common curtsey to tell me why she hates me. She won't give me a chance to earn her trust.
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Thank you finally someone who can see & side with me. All that you have said is all that I have been, but the mom is the only one who I still have yet to prove anything to...yet. She seems so intent on never trusting me & hating me. He is like the little brother I never had & he has told me that he too thinks of me as a brother. We have actually taught each other things during our friendship.
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I wouldn't say it's wrong, per se, but I think you'd have to admit it's unusual. I can definitely understand her concern. While your motives may be innocent she can't know that. She is only trying to protect her son. A 19 year-old showing such an interest in a 9-year-old will definitely raise other peoples' red flags. For your own sake don't ever hang out with this kid without someone else being around. You don't want allegations or even suspicions of wrongdoing.

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So true thumbs up
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See I can completely understand this all, but it seems that she is too blind to see that her over protectiveness isn't allowing her to see that he is happy around me. Also I think that the mom's hatred of me is now greater than her love for her son, because she just can't see that he is in fact safe & happy with me.
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I'm sure she sees that her son is happy. It's his safety she is concerned with. The fact that he is so trusting of you is the very thing she fears most. She can't know for certain what your motives are, she can only guess at them. And if you think for a moment you'll see that her only option is to err on the side of caution. I'd do the same with my kids.
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See I can completely understand this, but why should I get blamed & judged for being nothing but a nice & friendly person The son interacted with me first & I don't have a bad bone in me, so I get in trouble for being nice I just don't understand that. I mean if she really was against our friendship then why did she allow it for so long. That is one of the worst & most difficult parts the fact that she allowed a bond to create between her son & I, then now she starts to be against it...cruel...fml.
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But her son isn't dumb if he thought anything bad of me then he'd tell her & wouldn't come around. He knows that I'd never hurt him & that I am a nice/good guy. Besides her father & husband like me, I just can't see why she can't give the BOTD or a chance to get to know me. I've told the kid that if mom doesn't want me around then I won't be. They won't ever see me again except for when I walk my dogs or are with my other friends, & the kid in response to that said "But that's not what I want!" It tears away at me he wants me to stay,but his mom would prefer me gone.
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Most people are decent enough. But there are a few scumbags out there that ruin it for everybody. You can't tell the good guys from the scumbags by looking at them. The only way to play it safe when your kids are concerned is to assume everyone's a scumbag. It sucks but that's the world we live in.
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Yeah I know its the paranoia in today's society that ruins everything. We need to revert back to the days where love replaced & overcame all of the hate in the world.
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Well what do you think of me & my situation? You don't think I'm a pedo like some of the others on here, right? Being nice shouldn't make me able to be accused as a pedo.
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Will I always be thought of as a possible (pedo)/threat rather than a nice guy in this situation? Personally I never thought that it was possible for a negative result to ever come from being nice.
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I agree with his mom that is kind of weird . >.<

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LQQK OUT BELOW right under you agreeing 100% thumbs up
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Are you a pedobear (if you know what I mean). That is extremely weird and disturbing. I also agree with @Alva 100%. Seriously how do meet a 9 year old kid when your an adult? How do you guys have anything in common? I would follow you but I am a kid so yeah never mind jk lol.

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he should seems Awfully obsessed with the whole idea
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We are in the same neighborhood, & his skills at sports far exceed that of a normal 9 year old, that is how we met & what we have in common. Stop insulting me, by calling me what I am not you jerks.
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