I have a very hard time believing a 12 year old can pass as a 19 year old in maturity. What knowledge or experience can a 12 year old offer to a mid 20s individual to appear intelligent, as you claim?
> You would've been fooled too
Zero chance. In my mid 20s, I already considered 19 year olds to be far too removed in life stages to consider seriously and the maturity gap between a 12 year old and an 19 year old is astronomical.
You might even know somebody like this. Unless you demand a photo ID to verify the age of everybody you meet, you just can't be sure.
Are you aware that many models you see in magazines are only in their early teens, made to look older with makeup?
> Are you aware that many models you see in magazines are only in their early teens, made to look older with makeup?
I'm not sure what this proves considering you can manipulate photos to look like anything. I would be able to tell within minutes of talking to them in person -- as would any reasonable person -- which is what the discussion is about. If you want to go that route though, actors are almost universally older than the characters they play, especially characters in their teens.
It can also be true if someone experienced extreme precocious puberty from unknown causes, is highly gifted and a voracious learner/autodidact, is emotionally intelligent, went through some shit in life, and basically had to become the "adult" (became authentically internally-stronger and didn't fall apart) of the family and of siblings when their birth parents were irresponsible and infantile. Improbable? Sure. It happened. Keep judging, impugning, and denigrating from afar.
Have a good day and a productive life. :)
> birth parents were irresponsible
This makes it even worse. You should stop posting before somebody contacts the FBI.
You found this kid that had a rough life and that led you to bond with her.
That could be something good, but you bonded with her in a way that's entirely wrong for an adult to do with a vulnerable minor. You got lucky in that you got that warning about yourself to try and change a dangerous behavior. You don't think of yourself as a predator for what you were doing but that's what it makes you.
You may mean no harm but you will cause it if you keep down this road.
Look into this critically and seek help instead of blathering about puberty.