help!

[gingerbec]

My name is rebecca and im a 16 year old school girl, my best freind is 16 to and she is in a relationship with my 23 yeard old brother. Yes i no that might sound mad but seriosuly it is not what everyone on this planet thinks, everyone in school and in the family have been saying how it's a fling, it's discusting and it's all about sex - but honestly it's nothing like that. They've chatted for 2 years now and finally got together and it's true love - whenever i go out with them they just hug and stare into each others eyes lol. Anmyways.. family war has errupted! Her parents have gone like OTT and are doing evrything they can to stop it , i i mean eevrything - they don't think the relationship is right - but they are made for each other. My parents are going mad to - making out my brother just wants her for nothing, what the hell can we do? I mean they are both responsilbe, my friend goes to school everyday does her homeowrk gets great grades, and chris my brother he's a single parent brings his daughter up eaach day by himself. How can we resolve this, please help! Thankyou

[Admin]

I`m not sure i suppose at that age the age gap looks quite big to some, although had they been older it would be nothing.

Myself and my wife were the exact same ages when we met, 20 years ago and still together to this day, although if it was my daughter i would be none to happy either, but i suppose i couldn`t really say much about that or it would make me hypercritical .

[gingerbec]

heey thanks for that - been a great help. But seriosuly the parents are doing everything they can to prevent it - there really really making my friend upset i mean never seen her like this before.

[kate2]

the best advice you ncan give your friend and brother is to wait till your friend finishes school both parents might look at the relationship differently then.

the best thing they can do for now is to remain friends and just wait i know its not ideal but parents ,ight think he is forcing her into somthing only afta 1 thing or going to distract her from school.

there is a simular age gap between me and my hubby (8 yrs) but no one had a prblem with that cuz i was 18 and he was 26 it seemed apropiate then but if i was 16 things would of been the same for me as it is for ur friend.


sorry buts thats the only sugestion i have