Is it wrong to be three years apart?

is it wrong 4 a 16 year old to be in love with a 19 tear old

I dont think it's wrong

The age difference isn't wrong but one is a minor and one isn't... which makes sexual relations illegal. It's called statutory rape and the 19 yr old can go to jail.

xox
Sika

The laws regarding statutory rape vary by state. In several states I'm familiar with a sexual relationship between a 16 and 19 year old could be tried as statutory rape because the age difference is greater than 2 years.

Looking at Maine laws online it looks like sexual relations between a 16 and 19 year old would not constitute statutory rape there. Of course I'm no lawyer, family law has many nuances that can escape non-lawyers. A lawyer who is very familiar with Maine's Family Code could give a more authoritative answer.

I think that it is bizare that a relationship can be a felony l in one state and legal in the next.

Recently in the news 16 year old Jamie Lynn spears got pregnant by her 19 year old boyfriend. In Lousiana where Spears lives it is illegal it is illegal for a 17-19 year old to have sexual relations with a 15-17 year old if the age difference is greater than two years. In California where she works taping her TV show it is legal since the difference in ages isn't more than 3 years. I suppose if it could be proven that Ms. Spears had relations with her boyfriend in Lousiana he could be charged with statutory rape but if the same contact occured in California no crime or foul.

In another recent case a 17 year old boy was given 10 years in prison for receiving oral sex from a 15 year old girl in Georgia. Another judge just overturned the ruling and released the boy after he served 2 years in prison.

One of the problems with these laws is selective prosecution. One proscecutor might bring a case to trial where another will apply discression and not prosecute. Most people would agree that consentual sexual relations between a 15 and 17 year old shouldn't be grounds for 10 years in prision. I know if I was on a jury I could never find such a defendent guilty regardless of the wording of the laws.

No is it eck. Im 17 an in love wiv a 21year old. Fallin in love isnt wrong.

no age aint nothing but a number

no, because it is only a 3 year age difference. :]

Sikashimmer, I dont know about the US but in Finland law says that 16-year-old isnt a jailbait anymore

no not at all. I am 17 and my girlfriend is 14, - 15 next month. When I turn 18 she will still be 15 for a while. In the eyes of the law it would be illegal to have sex etc. so like me, be carefull.

I got married to my husband when I was 17. I am 18 now. It isn't wrong, just be careful who you broadcast it too.

well now I'm 17 and hes 20 years old we love eachother sooo much but you never know really