Mother accused of setting 40-year-old man on fire after finding him in bed with 18-year-old daughter

In this segment, panelists discuss significant age gaps in relationships. Are they okay as long as they're legal?
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[@talibahonyebuchi9980]

Nobody but me can have sex in my home without my permission period! Grown man should not be in another grown person's property without permission!

[@MrTrecamp1]

They both grown dummy

[@TamiBri]

Exactly. Too old to be laying up in another man’s house.

[@oneandonly1990]

He was definitely a dusty, laid up in a teenager's PARENT'S house. Having sex and falling asleep after like he pays bills 😂. I wouldnt have set him on fire but something would have happened to him and my daughter.

[@amen2575]

Amen, to that 🙏, that's the way were raised 🙏. One adult (Mom) or 2 adults (Mom/Dad) no else should be having relations in my house. And I only Dad/I have keys to the house.

[@JRL-8]

💀💀💀

[@deandraehatchett9954]

40-year-old either married or homeless because why would you go to an 18-year-old girl parents' house, he knew damn well it wasn't hers.

[@tita8202]

this the comment I was looking for, right here. I second this, he's been sleeping with her before she turned 18. he found a venerable and naive young girl and took his predator chance...

[@deandraehatchett9954]

@@tita8202 fucking sad

[@adrianrice6396]

​@tita8202 where did they say he was sleeping with her before she turned 18??

[@royaltyinsidemydna]

She's probably slow like R3tard or special Ed because that's just gross. I'm older than her and I wouldn't even look at a 40 yro man. Like gtfoh!

[@cherylbell5509]

Exactly

[@zoemayne]

He's 40 and probably doesn't have his own place and can't afford to get a hotel or even a car. Disrespecting the parents home. Like a disaster waiting to happen in getting that girl pregnant

[@alejandrodelgado5829]

Girl pregnant ? What girl, the 18 years old women ?

[@KemaHartz]

You right she's a girl

[@naturalkinks8683]

She invited him in. He didn't break in. But I agree his old azz should have at least gotten a room. And I'm 46. 😂

[@BREEZYM6015]

He shouldn't have gone to her house. Bad decision on his part.

[@jessicaolson490]

Yeah kind of creepy that he is thinking it's fine to be in a teens family home for sex ... He's probably a bum that can impress anyone closer to his age.

[@Unkuuu]

If she wants to have a 40 yr old”boyfriend” let her do it in her own apartment. Respect your parent’s house. Many people defending it weren’t even allowed to have a same aged bf/gf come sleep at the house.

[@rondaallen7211]

in HIS own apartment! 40 years old with nothing to show for his life-even a home.

[@umarabdul-ali6868]

That's exactly what I'm saying, be married and have your own residence. But there's Absolutely nothing wrong with that age gap.

[@melindaroop1346]

​@@umarabdul-ali6868Someone oughta check your internet history. Anyone that thinks that is okay just because she's "legal" is probably a pedo.

[@NoToFeminism]

​@@umarabdul-ali6868 I agree

[@lightskinanticsjiggin8129]

Facts !

[@jessJBIRD1981]

I have a 17 year old son. If some cougar came prowling around him this Mama Bear would not think it's ok at all.

[@Noitsgeneva]

🤢 o but don't worry in one more year he'll be "legal" 🤮

[@TamiBri]

Not a 40 year old supposedly grown man laying up in another man’s house with his 18 year old girlfriend. Sir, where is your house? He shouldn’t have even been there.

[@user-lp5ci9bi2j]

If he has a home could have his wife and kids in it

[@Marcus-oc4mw]

It was probably a one night stand and her place was closer than his.

[@user-km8of5it23]

​@@user-lp5ci9bi2jthat's what my momsaid

[@marciawade9101]

@@user-lp5ci9bi2j IRRELEVANT!

[@marciawade9101]

@@Marcus-oc4mw IRRELEVANT!

[@naturelove831]

I am 40 with a 17 year old, there is no way I would be ok with a man that age coming for my daughter. I think it's weird that this country says 18 is legal for these kind of circumstances but can't even buy alcohol and at times still in high school. If my child is 30 and decides to date a 50 year old then I wouldn't have much to say because she has the mental capacity to make a sound decision without being manipulated. 18 is still a child to me.

[@alejandrodelgado5829]

Ecclesiastical 26:10-12

[@naturelove831]

@@alejandrodelgado5829 ?

[@jamesqryan]

If you can serve in the army, she legal

[@Thollis1987]

I agree with you sir on this large gap relationship crap. 18 years old is a child.

[@MrTrecamp1]

So your going to treate your kid like a kid until she is 30? I'm confused. Maybe the generations are getting more immature as time goes on. That's the parents fault

[@MonsterBallMonster]

40 with an 18 year old IDGAF what y’all say, that is disgusting….So men you’d be okay with your daughter bringing a 40 year old man into your home talking about that’s her boyfriend?

[@LilXancheX]

She’s a legal adult!

[@stlyelove417]

Yep she's grown..but don't bring him in my house 😮

[@naturelove831]

Most of these men don't even care about their kids and are perverts themselves. Recently I've seen an enormous amount of videos of women talking about this kind of abuse from their biological father. It's crazy out here.

[@dboucher26]

They're both legal adults at the end of the day.

[@bossK78]

Legal adults. Get out your emotions.

[@torriebrown9607]

I believe the Mother has spoken to him before about sleeping with her daughter and especially in her house. Why this 40 yr old man doesn't have his own place.

[@adrukova1407]

Cause he a dusty 🤧

[@sistakia33]

A 40 year old man ought to have his own place! An 18 year old should know not to be with someone in her mother’s house!

[@tspcocktail]

💯🎯

[@LaineyBug2020]

Highly doubt the 40yo waited until she was 18.

[@alejandrodelgado5829]

Ecclesiastical 26:10-12

[@misstinahamilton5714]

@@LaineyBug2020 I agree

I highly doubt you know anything about when they met

[@watermelonsprite1497]

that hartz chicken is getting to you 😂

[@leonakinglion3210]

Worry about you're own life

[@llw53one]

Not to mention if he’s 40 why is he coming to see his teenage girlfriend at her parents house?? Let’s start there??

[@MrTwonetwone]

18 is an adult

[@factsmatter1172]

@@MrTwonetwone not when you're still living with mommy and daddy..It speaks volumes that she's mentally a minor.

[@ultimatums1]

Lol you think 18 is teenager? Then I'm underage.

[@Afrocentric_Exotical_24]

It is, 8- TEEN ❤ ​@@ultimatums1

[@CandiceMMartinez]

​@@ultimatums1 If you're 18, you're still a kid.

[@roderickrandolph8820]

I have an 18 year old daughter. I’m 44, he would not have made it out of my house alive

[@joequinbrownsr2414]

You out your mind thinking you can control your daughter. Kids are having sex at young ages it's nothing new.

[@chocolatezen]

😂😂😂 sir you’re going to jail cuz your daughter hot in the ahh 😂😂😂 that’s not smart cuz you’ll be locked up and she’ll be skrewing the next 40 year old 🥴

[@celestialarmor695]

Why

[@brianal7143]

Thank you for speaking up as a father, not just a male. These men condoning it are twisted in the head.

[@LilXancheX]

18 is an adult. Y’all baby too much

[@la_estudiante]

he was older than the girl momma!!!! outta pocket

[@AngelaPowell-i4p]

My grandparents were 23 years apart. Her 15. He 38. 20 years unhappily married. My parents😢 Her 15. Him 23. Soon divorced.. I'm 50 and I never thought it was ok

[@rochellestarr9538]

19 and 33,,,,married 35 years!

[@soulbrothanumbahone]

Yeah, but that was the time. At one time a 25 y.o unmarried woman was considered an old maid. At 18 many girls were married with children. I have an aunt/uncle he married her when she was 16 and he was I think 25, but he asked her guardians for her hand in marriage first. Her parents died when she was young so she had been raised by relatives. With her being married since he had his own apartment and job as a city bus driver that was one less mouth her family had to feed. They were married for about 60 years until my aunt passed away, then my uncle passed away about 3 years later. They raised 3 kids, and would often let me spend multiple nights/days with them because they had a son my age.

[@robertsessoms]

The 40 year old should use that energy to get a job

[@torriebrown9607]

So he can get his own apartment

[@CandiceMMartinez]

Exactly 💯

[@royaltyinsidemydna]

He has teenage girls and their unsuspecting parents to freeload off.

[@janedough6410]

@@royaltyinsidemydna These type of men prey on weak minded teens/young women. He knew which girl and house to pick. Day one - he should've known while entering. _Somebody done told him wrong_ .

[@dawnlee866]

Right to afford his own apartment

[@zoraidacastro2703]

They were together way before she was 18, he's a predator.

[@demonslayer9905]

Exactly.

[@MalcolmLittle-pw9dz]

Nope

[@CrazyNaturalPrincess]

💯

[@Jennifer-fj4wf]

@@MalcolmLittle-pw9dznope what?

[@ginobling1828]

Can you prove it

[@beautifulbondz7368]

He came in the wrong house😂😂😂😂 messing with that child

[@andreipalmer8470]

She's at an age where she new right from wrong she's the one that allowed him in the house ultimately leading to his death so she holds some responsibility

[@lj733]

@@andreipalmer8470did he die?

[@angelit161]

@@andreipalmer8470stop being dramatic he didn’t die

[@MarisaFrasure]

I wonder if there are other victims out there?

[@YlecaraOibur]

​@@andreipalmer8470she's not responsible 😂😂 his horny self is all to blame he was willing to die for the kitty 🤣 what a loser!! Serves him well whatever God decided to do w him. 🙏

[@NeiceyLove]

Give that lady a standing Ovation Please.

[@chs75]

She'll get one...in prison.

[@xindaxoxou7431]

@@chs75 I see 3 dimes in her future.

[@honeymoonavenue97]

Yes. She saved her daughter’s life. Every teenager who dated a grown man at that age regrets it.

[@Diana734]

He is 40 years old and was ok sleeping with an 18 year old in her parents house...he is lucky he is not DEAD!

[@oholm09]

I don't go for that

[@purplelove3666]

Blessed

[@adrukova1407]

Amen!

[@corneshahenderson8169]

Exactly!!

[@thomasbrooker6970]

Should’ve never slept with that girl in her mom’s house.

[@alejandrodelgado5829]

Girl ? At 18 😂

[@tyrishasmith-grady703]

Shouldn’t have slept with her period….she is 18 by age but developmentally not an adult no matter how you put it

[@tiprenee]

@@tyrishasmith-grady703exactly. Brain is still developing Lol

[@CandiceMMartinez]

​@@alejandrodelgado5829 Yes, 18-year-olds are girls

[@kekepetti3462]

Bet he’ll think twice about being in someone else’s house.

[@andreipalmer8470]

She should also hold some responsibility for letting him in the house she new it was wrong and now we have a dead person

[@lisalewis9384]

facts. Old boy played a real dangerous game that almost cost him his life.

[@torriebrown9607]

Right. I think they spoken to him before. That was anger

[@Noirmariposa]

They didn’t come to that conclusion. That theory also crossed my mind

[@patrogers3085]

😂😂😂😂😂😂💪🏿💪🏿

[@ivybee347]

Its legal but creepy. I guarantee he didnt wait until she was 18. 40 and 18, zero things in common, he's old enough to be her dad. Men like that go for younger women because older women for the most part wont put up with his behavior.

[@edwardrichardson5567]

More like women older are damaged beyond repair.

[@TVGoldMind]

He a creepy for sure but younger women are preferred. You can't shame men into granny lovers just like we can't shame yall to date "good" broke men

[@ivybee347]

@@edwardrichardson5567 So yall go after young and underage women so you can damage them? As if men of the same age aren't damaged also?

[@ivybee347]

@edwardrichardson5567 The irony and lack of awareness is astounding. Men are damaged good also. All the nonsense you say about women applies to you to. You may not see it but trust 4 see it. You are the same damaged goods you speak of.

[@ivybee347]

@edwardrichardson5567 Young women can be damaged also. What I said first was right on, you just didn't like it. Older men prey on younger women because they know that no woman their age will put up with their nonsense and refusal to fix themselves. Then yall get used and then get mad at women after you preyed on younger women.

[@brierose1607]

I don’t care how y’all twist it, spin it, or bring all the therapists into it, but a 40 year old sleeping with an 18 year old is wrong. Tf!!

[@rochellestarr9538]

So is setting someone on fire

[@jaydubya9265]

She’s legal. She can sign up for war, debt, ummm pretty anything except drink alcohol

[@_theerealnono_7694]

It's on such stories where you'll see how twisted people truly are. Legal does not make it right!

[@The-Oneness11]

I have a feeling that this whole situation had more to do with the fact who this man was, not his age. If my daughter is 18 and she's with a much older man and he is a bum, I'd be mad too.

[@adrukova1407]

Bruh I can't even look at a 23 year old let alone 18. Creepy af. You enter someone's home without the homeOWNER'S (PARENT) consent, you get whatever u get period

[@queencobra1507]

If i found a grown man in bed with one of my daughters I will end up in jail. No, not all age gaps is ok. 18? 40? Nooo he's a predator.

[@rip445-u4u]

Enjoy your sentence and if your daughter ended up with a 40 year old, you just failed as a parent to begin with

[@vmat6684]

​@rip445-u4u Children are known for not following rules sometimes, just like some adults. Part of being a teenager is learning to follow rules, operative word being learning!

[@Heat_Rush]

​@@rip445-u4u She just said that she would enjoy her sentence.

[@rip445-u4u]

@@Heat_Rush people who've never been to prison say that first and regret it later

[@xindaxoxou7431]

@@Heat_Rush no, she said she would take the bitter pill and go to jail. She did not say she would enjoy it. 30 yrs and cannot protect if behind the walls.

[@barbstotter7288]

Idk any reasonable person who wouldn’t see this as a predatory relationship.

[@DominiqueNicole144]

It shows you where we are as a society, morally...

[@Dani-fc1hc]

Look at the comments, most men seem to think it’s fine. It’s not that she isn’t legal, she’s fresh out of high school two months ago.

[@robsawyer8034]

@@Dani-fc1hcit’s legal. Plain and simple. Is it weird? Absolutely! However, no one bats an eye if the genders were reversed. She probably was rebellious and did what most young women do. The guy was lustful and do what most lustful men do. The mother screwed up because she knew her daughter. The simp dummy should’ve not gotten involved unless there was immediate danger, which there wasn’t until he crashed out of a woman letting some old dude in the house

[@ultimatums1]

It is fine, when they both are consenting adults, you have no business in that. You can advise that person but not force it.

[@Shaolin91z]

😆. Id rather have a legal 18 yr old than a 40 yr old. Thanks Lord for girlfriends. Thanks Lord single no kids. Thanks Lord for bible study class

[@tanayanottanyabrooks8085]

Her boyfriend is older than her mother. People keep saying she’s grown. I don’t care that’s creepy and nasty. I bet he was dealing with her before she was 18. My daughter was 18 a few years ago. If she bought a 40 year old home I would not be happy. Every parent would not be happy

[@rip445-u4u]

even if he was, age of consent in texas is 17, woulda been no foul play

[@tanayanottanyabrooks8085]

@@rip445-u4u to be honest he know he can’t satisfy women his age so he has to go to someone who he can satisfy easily. Age 35 ED starts. It’s nature it happens. Can’t get hard or stay hard. Messing with someone 17 or 18 and you’re 40 is weird and wild. You can’t state laws all you want it’s giving weird and it’s giving grooming. What do you have in common with an 28 y/0? Like I said he can’t satisfy someone his age.

[@missevie432]

Male predators see no problem with this but let it be a woman with a lil 18 yr old boy...then u can't shut them up bout wrong.

[@rip445-u4u]

@@missevie432 what? lmao when i was 18 i was on cougar life, getting lobster dinners and a happy ending with women my grandma's age. Financed my way through college with that. Without that, I'd still only have a high school degree (i'm in my mid 30's now)

[@lorebay2593]

@@tanayanottanyabrooks8085 in real life most every sane or responsible adult knows 18 is of age standing on the entrance of adulthood, but not grown. Not all 18 year olds have the mental capacity to understand life’s important choices and how bad decisions can affect their lives. Most especially if growing up in a house with irresponsible or neglectful parents.

[@charliealpha8888]

His mistake was being in the house. That's just stupid

[@HarmlessComment]

I appreciate the men here in the comments who also think the age gap is disgusting 👍

[@ultimatums1]

No its not. Her body her choice, isn't that what y'all been advocating for?

[@CandiceMMartinez]

​@@ultimatums1 She's a child. She has the brain of a child.

[@kerrywhite5253]

​@ultimatums1 The point isn't her body her choice,we didn't say he forced her..this 40 year old man didn't have the wisdom to not be in another person's home with their much younger daughter. At 40,he should have his own place,or at least money for a hotel. It was dumb to do that. Is he married or homeless. It's not a good look. It's actually crazy. He's glad he made it out alive.

[@PoliticallyhomelessXX]

You know it would be different if she were 30 and he was 50 let’s say. But a TEENAGER for a 40yo is nasty

[@ultimatums1]

@@kerrywhite5253 still legal, keep seething

[@positivityleads2success]

He was in their home and obviously he was not welcome there so there you go! 🤷🏽‍♀️ They shouldn’t be charged!

[@adrukova1407]

Right. It's called trespassing

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

I don't believe in double standards, and neither gender should be with a person twice their age. There is nothing an eighteen year old can do for me. Very weird😮

[@Xplicid100]

That goes against sugar baby code

[@mscupcakedreamson36]

The one thing he knew for sure was, it wasn’t the girls home. He’s disrespectful beyond measure. He had it coming.

[@adrukova1407]

Exactly 💯

[@t.rodgers1438]

Just because it’s legal doesn’t make it right

[@torriebrown9607]

Well Said

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

Raise the age to 21 then. She’s an adult, parents committed a crime. Move on.

[@elsolo00]

its called the law! goofy

[@t.rodgers1438]

@@elsolo00 clearly comprehension isn’t your strongpoint, 🤡

[@t.rodgers1438]

@@theoriginalkrabbypatty your comment isn’t really correlating with my comment. You move on now.

[@sagapoetic8990]

Consent is irrelevant when it's not your house. The daughter should move out if she's going to reject her mother's rules given mom pays for the house.

[@oneone3983]

Just because your family member invited someone in your home don't give u the right to shoot someone

[@marvajuliette1032]

​@@oneone3983 With due respect she needed the owner permission to invite anyone to the house ...

[@xindaxoxou7431]

@@marvajuliette1032 She is a resident so she does not. she is 18

[@adrukova1407]

​@oneone3983 if you're the homeowner and don't want someone in your house they're trespassing, doesn't matter if the kid invited them in.

[@shoobadoobayou3008]

That 40 year old man already knew what it was. He decided to go into that 18 year old womans bedroom in her parents house, knowing the parents didn't like the relationship. Stay out of people's homes when they don't want you there. Period.

[@adrukova1407]

Period 💯

[@kmbutler04]

Just because the girl is 18 and legally able to consent doesn't mean she is mature enough to do so. She's is still at an impressionable age. The 40 yr old man should've known better tonbe dating a child and being her parent's home. Period! What is going on in his life that he's dating, manipulating a child? Where is his home for them to lay up in? We don't know everything that transpired that caused the parents to react in this manner.

[@kittykatcongregation]

Seriously 😂 men always to run to this like I was still a baby at 18. I didn't adult until 27.

[@alejandrodelgado5829]

​@@kittykatcongregationecclesiastical 26:10-12

Most of you broads never mature enough to make logical decisions so what age got to do with ?

[@jamesqryan]

So why you not mad they in the army at 18

[@MrTrecamp1]

Women are impressionable stupid. That's how they are designed. They look for guidance and leadership in the spouse they choose right?

[@taahiramcgee]

I'm 39, and my son is 17. There is nothing at all that an 18 year old can do for me at all. She shouldn't be in my house disrespecting my house like that.

[@namjoonswhite-stripedcrab]

“Sniffing swing seats” is absolutely diabolical 😩😩😩

[@daisy88ann]

If he's 40, why can't they just go to his place?🤨

[@Nikkirael]

The love of a mother

[@LaineyBug2020]

I've always thought that the age of adulthood should be 21 instead of 18. Age of Consent, Age of Majority, Tobacco, Alcohol, Voting, Armed Forces, Education provided through, all of it 21.

[@edwardrichardson5567]

Yet when you was 18, you said you was an adult. Smh

[@LaineyBug2020]

@@edwardrichardson5567 no actually. I still lived with my parents, had a full time job and full time college with no loans so I would have been thrilled not to have to adult or start paying taxes for a few more years. I didn't even get my DL or have a job that wasn't babysitting until I was 17. I was also fully aware that my pre frontal cortex wouldn't be fully developed until then anyway.

[@sagen06]

​@@LaineyBug2020Ahh the ol pre frontal cortex cop out. Just say women should be supervised until 25 since theyll make braindead decisions till then. Say it with your chest.

[@tanyawashington6338]

Agreed

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

She can do everything except buy alcohol and rent a car. In the eyes of the law, she’s an adult.

[@stars-are-us]

If he were a real man... go to his house. She would have had to leave with him... she grown. The 18 yo should go live with him. What 40 year old man creeps into a parent's home.

[@yolandalcheek462]

😂 he didn't have a home. Probably has another woman or living with his mom. She 18 but already turned out, straight trifling

[@jujutrini8412]

He is a weirdo. Why is he violating the parents home like that? A forty year old man should know better than to do what he did.

[@pamelajackson6730]

All those men on stage would have probably been ready to fight any man they found in their eighteen-year-old's bed.

[@TheAS687]

When she gets older she’ll realize why her parents did what they did. This guy was a straight up predator she’s not the first “18 y/o” to be touched by him

[@adrukova1407]

Exactly 💯

[@mikecasto4746]

a 40 yr old man would have nothing in common with a 18 . other then Chaka Chaka.

[@alejandrodelgado5829]

So?

[@leonakinglion3210]

​@@alejandrodelgado5829Ok pedo

[@alejandrodelgado5829]

@@leonakinglion3210 pedo at 18. ?

[@DuoMaxwell007]

not true.... i know 40 year olds (and older) that are gamers and or watch anime..... 18 year olds do those things too... so thats would be the ONLY thing theyd have in common, but its SOMETHING

[@ll1ain0]

​@@alejandrodelgado5829 So NOTHING.

[@Teewhite95]

Now age gap to me isn’t the issue the issue is she is 18 still in immature state, BUT she knows better than to have that man in her momas house almost the moma age. And he shudnt have felt comfortable being there.

[@misstinahamilton5714]

Exactly- he messed around and found out but all parties are complicit here

[@muezzathestray750]

It's weird. The age gap. Is weird . A man like that would be with her If she were 15 or 16 guaranteed

[@LilXancheX]

@@muezzathestray750 and there’s nothing wrong with that 🤭

[@lavadasnjokorn4732]

@@LilXancheXthe hell there isn’t. 😡

[@ROD_MON]

She is in an immature state at age 18??? Please miss me with that nonsense😒, at that age and by her making the decision that she made, she is a grown adult who clearly needs to be kicked out of her momma's house/apartment onto the streets with that homeless 40 year old bomb she found, your comment comes off like as if you're trying to defend her like as if she's still a child while at the same time say she's mature enough know better. Had that 18 year old been a male and that 40 year old was a female you likely wouldn't be defending the male by saying he's in an immature state, you would likely be more upset at a 40 year old female being lit of fire and shot for engaging in relations with an 18 year old male.😐

[@SapphireLyric]

A 40 year old man!? As the mother of an 18 year old daughter, oh I'm going to jail.

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

Raise the age of consent to 21. Can’t assault someone because you don’t like it.

[@SapphireLyric]

@@theoriginalkrabbypatty I have 2 daughters that have autism and are low functioning. I'll definitely will

[@Heat_Rush]

​@@theoriginalkrabbypatty You can assault whoever you want to as long as you're prepared to deal with the consequences. She said she's going to jail.

[@sonyaj.6736]

How is she a legal adult when a parent pays child support until 21? A grown man should not be in a parents house without permission. He wants to lay up then Pay up with your own home, apartment, hotel?

[@adrukova1407]

💯

[@LLondon721]

I appreciated hearing the various perspectives. It helped to jumpstart a larger conversation.

[@NOYB28]

It is not appropriate, we do not mature until 26. She is still a teen. I do not think one should be dating someone more than 5-8 years younger than them (both of them in adult years btw). 22 years older(!) and he’s a bum, he doesn’t even have his own place? How are you 40 and sneaking into a teens home? If you’re gonna date an older man at least let him be mature and have his stuff together, wtf date a 40 year old l o s e r? She isn’t mature and he preyed on her being not mentally capable.

[@ultimatums1]

Not appropriate because you said so?

[@Shaolin91z]

Thanks Lord for girlfriends Thanks Lord for your salvation Thanks Lord single no kids 18 is legal. 😂😂😂😂

[@mariegiardini]

@@Shaolin91z Predator.

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

But DRUGGING them to be a “different s€x” at 2-3 is TOTALLY acceptable??! Raise the age to 21 ALL AROUND or shut up.

[@kenyapressley6706]

Of course it is appropriate for a May - September relationship. The pressing questions are: 1) Had the 40-year-old been banned from or forbidden to enter the home previously, 2) WHY WAS A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN IN THE HOME OF AN 18-YEAR-OLD WHO LIVES WITH HER MOTHER?

[@nevergivingupmission1370]

WTF

[@HoneyHoneyBaby]

​@@nevergivingupmission1370Right 😳smh 😒

[@alwaysmisscee]

May-December...

[@avanulaneway8418]

@@nevergivingupmission1370 if she old enough to enlist, then she old enough period. and im a woman so dont start no bs

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

They’re both adults. Raise the age then if you don’t want it to happen.

[@spiritualcosmeticss]

At 18 years old your legally grown. The biggest problem is she needed to get her own place since she want to act so grown. The disrespect is bringing him home. Everyone crossed the line in this situation. 2 wrongs never make a right.

[@dominiquejenkins5495]

In this case 3 wrongs lol

[@monicasmith923]

Exactly!! And I agree the man should have had her at his crib or a motel. By him not doing so, I sure he has someone else if not a wife.

[@moebetta6194]

18 is not grown🤔 This is what society wants u to think

[@monicasmith923]

@@moebetta6194 According to the law, it is. Now, an 18 year old mind or mental status is not @ grown.

[@spiritualcosmeticss]

@@moebetta6194 honestly I agree that’s why I said “legally grown”. Personally i follow the Bible and it doesn’t specifically say your grown at a certain age however a young man could not go into battle until he was 20 years old. So for me 20 years old is more close to “grown” than 18 but that isn’t so in the eyes of the law.

[@xxyz321]

Biggest problem is…. it wasn’t happening in HER HOUSE!!! It was in the parents house!

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

Doesn’t mean you can set people on fire.

[@Passionatelyfruits]

My home.....my fire....Shldn't been there

[@adrukova1407]

​@@Passionatelyfruits exactly 💯 🤣

[@elainegoolsby9902]

She should not be in bed with anyone, at her age, let alone a 40 year old. To me an 18 year old is still a minor (she can't drink, or buy cigarettes). I doubt the 18 year old was traumatized. Disgusting behavior from all of them. Men should lean control , and so should women. That's just morally wrong! Three wrongs don't make a right!

[@yameshaharris]

He should not have been in there home period should have been at his house.. he’s most definitely slow

[@andreipalmer8470]

I think she should also be held accountable for bringing him into the house, she knew better, plus in a way she set him up to be killed. She shouldn't get off Scott free, in away she's partly responsible for his murder

[@yameshaharris]

@@andreipalmer8470 that too but he’s the real adult he should have been in his own space with her since she’s grown

[@elsolo00]

its legal af

[@yameshaharris]

@@elsolo00 it’s very legal not saying it’s not just saying he should have been in his own space to begin with besides for it to go that far I’m sure he’s been warned to not be in their home

[@xindaxoxou7431]

@@andreipalmer8470 he is in the hospital. The mother needs a long jail sentence. 30 ought to work

[@BLACKONCODE2024]

I hope this nation starts keeping the same energy when they talk about sending our 18 year olds to war🤔 The HYPOCRISY is disgusting💯

[@toosense]

Agreed.

[@honestreviewzz]

Only p**o's are attracted to teens

[@IAMGROOT4EVA]

Most ppl think 18 is too young to fight for a country. So is being 18 with someone 30+

[@CrazyBunniePanda]

We don’t know this mother’s ideas on war at 18.. so how can you call her a hypocrite?

[@BLACKONCODE2024]

@@IAMGROOT4EVA So most people need to change the laws🤷🏽‍♂️

[@bryanbeeman5256]

Are y’all serious??? Hugh Hefner had A LOT of $$$$$$ and was with 17 yos. I had an issue with that and I have an issue with a 40yo man with an 18yo. I just think he can’t swing with his peers so he has to go younger. There are PLENTY of 21+ yos he can choose from, but a girl that still may be in HS… YOU have to be a weak 40 yo to do that…

[@Imprettyinpink]

That’s because society allows men to be perverted. It’s always been like that.

[@kingmaafa120]

Facts

[@LilXancheX]

18 is an adult. Sure it’s weird, but it’s not wrong. They’re not 5, they’re 18. Teenagers…

[@u-r-blasphemous]

High Heffner had his own house and could afford to move them out if their parents disagreed.

[@nubian77]

@@u-r-blasphemoushe also had the ability to starve them and not provide for their needs when he gets upset with them.. which is exactly what the “playboy bunnies” reported

[@leisureandlace]

If the 18 year old girl wants to sleep with a 40 year old man then she needs to get her own house, go to his place or get a hotel room. Dude should have left by 6:00AM, instead he chose to sleep in and take his chances. So.....

[@torriebrown9607]

Preach. I think Mom have spoken to them both. The 18 knew what she was doing. The panel treating like she was a innocent kid. Smh

[@Heat_Rush]

​@@torriebrown9607 Someone said that the mom spoke to him already.

[@Heat_Rush]

Dude shouldn't be creeping in someone's house at 40 years old. What do you mean left at 6 am, he isn't a teenager. I had my teenage boyfriend creeping in, at 40, why can't you afford a hotel?

[@Melissa-sq2mi]

I’m sure he was warned to stay away from their home. Why wasn’t she at his place. Grown man probably married or in a relationship.

[@sbss924]

They probably knew this 40 year old. He probably was grooming this girl.... pretending like he is a family friend??!!

[@addis.temari]

H-Town, quick Q. With ppl ok jumpin in bed + with syph, herp, and hives... what parent(s) is not going to stop a 40-year-old from exposing their 18-year-old? Overprotective or reasonable given age gap? I vote NOT GUILTY!!!!!

[@TVGoldMind]

She already an alley cat, her mom 18 years too late

[@paigenicholespeaks6172]

I second that vote!

[@gwendolynhannans6606]

Doesn't this grown man have his own place???

[@UlyKansas]

She may be 18 & consenting but she is still living at her parents house, the guy is 40 years old, he can take her to a motel & the parents can’t report her missing because she’s an adult now. It’s that age where young adults are allowed to move out but want to stay at their parents & act like teenagers for several more years because they’re afraid of getting out into the real world. Happens quite a lot.

[@sharondixon2117]

That man didn’t just start messing with her 😡 it’s more to this

[@Dr.ReginaPhalange]

That lady in the black top said it perfectly!

[@SBGB_TV]

The problem is the man should of never been in the house if it wasn't hers. Everything was legal until they shot him and set him on fire. She goes and still deals with him. Then mom and boyfriend go to jail. They are both adults. What point did they prove. They both in jail and the daughter going even harder.

[@a-cygnus]

Everyone can say they don't agree with the age gap, and it's disgusting, okay, all fair. What you feel doesn't fly in court, though. She's of legal age, and it was consensual. That said, man was very stupid to be doing this in the home her parent lives in. This was never going to go well, but they also had no right to attack him in such a way unless they thought the daughter or themselves were in physical danger. I'd doubt this was the case given that they caught them asleep in bed together, I believe is what was said. No one would have blamed the mom or step dad if they beat his @ss and threw him out, but shooting and setting him on fire is attempted murder.

[@marylouis6787]

She old enough to get her own place. That 40 yr old should have his own house car and career if he wants a young woman. I dont blame her parents. He disrespect the young lady. He cant be with a mature lady thats close to his age cause they wount put up with litte boy behavior. The little boy needs to get lock up. Leave parents alone. He old enough to know that she still lives with parents. He too cheap to afford a 5 star hotel. He broke.

[@LilT2o00]

Locked up for what? what crime did he commit? lmao tf? the woman setting people on fire because they're upset because they don't like who their daughter chose, the one they raised and molded. Shoulda raised your kids better

[@arfriedman4577]

The daughter probably invited him over. The parents shouldve thrown the man out and talked to their daughter.

[@barbstotter7288]

But what about the damage if they DIDN’T protect her???

[@sagen06]

butt bruises dont last that long fortunately 😂

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

She’s an adult, oh well.

[@rochellestarr9538]

YOU NEVER PROTECT YOUR CHILD BY GOING TO JAIL!!!!!!!!!

[@Xplicid100]

@@barbstotter7288 protect her from what exactly ??! Bustin a nut ?!? She’s grown.

[@Knicks4Life61]

Here is the MAJOR POINT: AT 18yrs old, the daughter must now realize that not only was the decision to DATE this 40yr old man a BAD one but by doing so and bringing him into your mothers house has changed the lives of the 3 other people in her life FOREVER. Her Mom and boyfriend, herself and the man she was dating. This makes it CLEAR that someone as young as 18 and their decisions can DESTROY a FAMILY!!!!

[@rip445-u4u]

no, her mom was just always mentally unstable and waiting for anything to tick the timer on the bomb

[@xindaxoxou7431]

no, the mother is the guilty one. jail her

[@BLACKONCODE2024]

Yet, this same nation will send teens to "adult" prison🤦🏽‍♂️ Ameirca is done💀

[@Woronoa]

America* ho

[@Woronoa]

Some of those "teens" have the mentality of criminal adults.

[@reesarush]

Yeah exactly. Kids do adult things every single day.

[@BLACKONCODE2024]

@@Woronoa Ameirca* AmeriKKKa* ho

[@factsmatter1172]

@@BLACKONCODE2024 If they commit heinous crimes they deserve to be there unless it was self defense.

[@crissyg330]

She is an adult but having a 40 yr old man entails some kind of perks. Why are they laid up in somebody else house? Get a room!!

[@angelictigerette]

I think the main issue is that yes, she is 18 *legally grown but she still LIVES WITH HER MOTHER. When I was 18 I still lived at home and *thought I was grown. I made very foolish decisions. If she was 18 and living on her own, it might have been a different story. She snuck this grown man into her mother's home. As long as she is under her roof, she has to abide by her rules.

[@AnnaBelleEevee]

Im guessing they were "dating" before she turned 18

[@rip445-u4u]

even if they were, age of consent in texas is 17

[@elsolo00]

@@rip445-u4u 16 in michigan

[@eveharris30]

I hope the mother doesn't get charged.

[@BS-hx5rj]

He shouldn’t have been in their home but the parents have to address their daughter about her dating choices

[@LilXancheX]

She can make her own decisions. She’s 18 years old, not 12…

[@kandiceduckett903]

​@LilXancheX she's 18 living at her mother house

[@BS-hx5rj]

@@LilXancheX You are right. She can make her own decisions. That does not mean her parents can’t hold her to the standard they raised her under. Kids make bad decisions and parents don’t have to simply accept them

[@nicoleparreira1024]

Everybody acting like they’ve never heard of grooming…

[@BS-hx5rj]

@@nicoleparreira1024 You can’t groom an adult

[@echolyork3989]

Totally inappropriate.

[@TheCierra1020]

Free her

[@rip445-u4u]

she's a criminal. She can stay

[@dredheadluna420]

Your brain/pre frontal cortex reaches maturity at 25 years plus

[@zherrontamara7801]

Not in my house. Get a hotel

[@rissaheads6091]

No one is talking about the danger of a 40 year old man who is a stranger in your home. Self - defense isn’t an option only for certain people. As far as a relationship who knows but that daughter would now be homeless. As a mother I would protect myself. This is not funny.

[@milanimorales2645]

Its mainly about coming home and finding a stranger in your daughter's bed with NO CONTEXT!!!! Why didn't the daughter send a text message and be like "mom, I have a friend over" just a heads up. If you don't have a good relationship with your mom... you put your 40 year old friend in danger.

[@leajon7271]

Any age gap more than 10 years is just weird to me, at least be from the same generation! 18-40 is predatory! If you’re old enough to be someone’s parent it’s disgusting

[@kevinklein3030]

My spouse and I are 15 years apart. I don't see a problem with it. 19 and 34 when we got together. 37 and 52 now. Best friends 18 years later and still best friends.

[@ciana6050]

That's what these young girls are doing when I was 19 my stepsister married a 40 something year old and the mother didn't care moved out of town with him afterwards

[@lj733]

I don’t think the parents need to be in jail

[@ultimatums1]

They will be, what you think doesn't matter.

[@avanulaneway8418]

they overreacted, periodt

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

Yeas they do. Their daughter is LEGALLY an adult. They committed a crime. If you don’t like it, raise the age to 21.

[@lj733]

@@theoriginalkrabbypatty I’ll work on that on my next campaign

[@lj733]

@@avanulaneway8418 he shouldn’t have been in their home

[@sherrisolomon8673]

As I was saying to somebody. He might be slow upstairs which might help his case. Everybody who's chronically 40 isn't always 40 upstairs if you know what I mean.

[@sherrisolomon8673]

OOPS! Sorry for the typo in my above comment everyone. Wasn't able to edit.

[@tricksgrl2]

Age gaps??! Nah. We need to be talking about grooming and predatory behavior.

[@sallysson]

What's sad is that they are probably bragging about each other. He's telling his boys about the hot lil young thing and she telling her girlfriends that she got a real man, an older guy.

[@melspaige76]

18 is grown. She can lay down with whomever she pleases. She can't lay down WHEREVER she pleases though. That 40 y/o doesn't have a house? 2 grown people should be able to get a room. If you weren't in that woman's house none of this would have happened.

[@mariel.weaver8351]

She's not GROWN. She's of age.....BIG DIFFERENCE

Some of you broads never grow up

[@MalcolmLittle-pw9dz]

She’s grown

[@llw53one]

The daughter is an adult but the guy at 40 years old should know better. In there sleeping like he paying bills. Not to mention it’s not the 18 year olds house, smh

[@PrayerinJesusnameWarriorinJesu]

THAT GIRL IS 18 SHE IS GROWN.. THAT WAS HER DECISION. NOW THEY GOING TO JAIL.

[@Kiyonce.Kartier]

I had a ex co worker that was around 40ish talking about he’d date someone at least 16 bc it was the legal age of consent. I understand this person was 18 but still. I told him if he, or someone like him, pulled up on my teenage daughter all ima have is a shovel and a 🔫. He had absolutely no business being with her.

[@yesimbrowsing]

He shouldn’t have been in there house period

[@wonderingheights]

I hope they don’t charge the parents. I really hope they get good lawyers who can get them out.

[@rip445-u4u]

Considering that they're guilty, that's not gonna happen lmao tf

[@nonya8193]

The fact that in the same country an 18yo can go to jail for dating a 17yo classmate but when a 40yo man dates an 18 young woman no one bats an eye, its crazy!

[@bbc_jr7848]

that's in like literally 7 states; only 13 states have the age of consent at 18 and half of those have exceptions (like in Florida, 16-23 is legal, but the day you turn 24, your partner has to be 18)

[@Texas-tp3vj]

While I find it inappropriate for this 40 year old to be in the bed with a 18 year old , she is legal. Killing him is legally overboard . The parents should be held accountable.

[@reneeking7517]

He had no business being in that house!