• @jordanlundM
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    2213 days ago

    Eh, could have been worse… they could have met at a family reunion. ;)

    • AFK BRB Chocolate
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      5212 days ago

      Honestly, two adults who are related getting married is less gross to me than a middle-aged person marrying a child.

      • FenrirIII
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        210 days ago

        Marrying an adult he had too much access to as a child.

  • @[email protected]
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    1812 days ago

    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?

    • @[email protected]
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      1512 days ago

      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.

    • @jeffwOP
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      312 days ago

      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.

  • @Dkarma
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    712 days ago

    Haha holy shit that’s this guy?

    Someone tell the kid his dad’s a groomer

  • @noisefree
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    312 days ago

    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.