A guy and a girl meet for the first time when they are both teens. They are not blood-related to each other, and there is passion between them. Is it fair to force them to supress that passion and make them act like brother and sister?
How about instead if they are adults? Then would it be ok for them to have a sexual relationship. Would it be ok for them to get married?
This is just a hypothetical question. It has nothing to do with my life.
2006-07-01 13:09:08 · 13 answers · asked by Emily 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Well, for teens if they are living together then it doesn't have to be fair, but they shouldn't be having a sexual relationship. Most parents wouldn't let a boyfriend and girlfriend live together at that age and that is basically what would be going on. Plus, the inevitable troubles in a teen relationship would hurt the whole family. As adults, the situation is different since they are no longer living together under their parents' roof.
2006-07-01 13:15:19 · answer #1 · answered by smartsassysabrina 6 · 11⤊ 4⤋
Yeah, genetically speaking, it's ok, I mean, first cousins get married and have kids turn out ok, so why can't step-siblings? But it's a social taboo, so not many people do that sort of thing. The American culture doesn't like marriage between people that are related in anyway to each other...I knew this girl who fell in love with her cousin four times removed or something...and she said if she had known they wouldn't've dated. Why not? There's enough of a blood mix so everything would be ok.
2006-07-01 21:00:08 · answer #2 · answered by Uncertain Soul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is legal in the United States if they are both adults. It is considered morally wrong if you grew up with the step-sibling from a young age and thought of each other as brother and sister though.
2006-07-01 20:13:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becoming step siblings as teens can be a difficult time, adjusting to new authority (parental) figures in your house, yada yada....If you find that you are physically attracted to your new brother or sister you should move very slowly. You may find out the the attaction is what used to be called "puppy love" and you might regret it and be stuck having to live with someone possibly for several years that you were intimate with at one time and now are sorry you were.
2006-07-01 20:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by knittinmama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a step brother and sister that got married. they were in their mid teens when they became steps. Kinda weird tho. Even tho they arent related and it is probably perfectly legal, just seems a little weird.
2006-07-01 21:50:46 · answer #5 · answered by Mache 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too weird...they are in a position where they act like brother in sister in our society, whether they like it or not, no matter what their ages. There are lots of people to date other than each other...sounds like they have "issues" with their parents and need a lot of therapy to me, lol. How very Jerry Springer.
2006-07-01 20:14:51 · answer #6 · answered by solange 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're legally too young, to have sex. And being that the're step relatives, they're really family. So having sex with them would be like having it with a sibling. That wouldn't be moral.
2006-07-01 20:13:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its weird in the sense that you grew up together and now you wanna get married???
2006-07-01 20:18:55 · answer #8 · answered by Jenny 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they're of legal age, there's no reason not to, other than some family tension.
2006-07-01 20:13:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shure boink yer brother, who really cares anyway?
2006-07-01 20:12:42 · answer #10 · answered by juggalohomie6 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋