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First off, the parents claiming they had no choice is the most ridiculous thing ever. "It was going to kill us all?" Please. You are the adults in this situation, you could have prevented this and endured the awful silence, but you chose to cave and sign off on a completely inappropriate situation THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AS INAPPROPRIATE. You are not her friends, you are her parents.
Secondly, while I respect and acknowledge the stories of those who have posted saying that love can develop at this age and with such an age gap/they had friends with this kind of age gap, this situation is wholly inappropriate. This girl clearly had feelings for her coach as stated by the text of the email posted in the article "He's the apple of my eye..." and while that's fine and normal, the fact that it eventually culminated in him marrying her signals to me that this was not just about friendship. A responsible adult figure in his position would have attempted to explain why her feelings were inappropriate and misplaced on him, and would be better directed towards someone of her own age.
The other thing is that while there are obviously exceptions to every story like this, as DSTRen's story indicates, the sad fact is all too often, there is something inappropriate going on. Who knows whether their relationship was sexual before hand (even if it was consensual, it's inappropriate), but the level of emotional intimacy they seem to have, enough to culminate in wanting to marry each other, is neither appropriate or ok.
It's not definitely illegal activity, but it's a little too shady for my comfort.
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