I thought age of consent in Maryland is 16 and there's no age gap provisions.. isnt it rite ? So that mean you can have sex with your 16 yr old girlfriend even if u're 30.. rite ? I don't know, if its' right then, what Can you do when u're 18 that you can't do when you were 16? Vote and buy cigarettes?

But the laws in other states are there to protect kids from predators. I wish Maryland was a little more like other states. Sooo... Who's 30?

Dude! U need to chill.. I'm 23 n my gf's 16.. I'm not a predator.. I just want to know what's up.. that's all.. and I dun want to know what you need when she's pregnant, because she's not.. I wanted to know if it's OK to go out with her wihout worrying about getting arrested.. OK ? If you hv a minor daughter or if u're so worried about minors gals getting pregnant.. go to school to be a cop or something,

First of all, please type in complete words and sentences.

Greg asked who was 30 because that is what you insinuated in your original question. Also, if you are going to "slap" Greg for his answer, and I agree with him, why did you ask it? It seems you already know the law.

Have you met her parents? What do they think of you?

Personally I would not let my 16 year old date a 23 year old man. You are both in 2 totally different stages of life. Why are you interested in a high school girl when you should be concentrating on career? Please don't tell me that she is "mature."

I won't tell you she's mature, bt answer me this.. are your parents same age ? And where are you from ? Do you ever think some cultures are different and guys supposed to be like 6 or 7 yrs older than girls ? So that they could make money rite afta gals allowed to get married ? N would you call it weird if you see a 37 yrs old guy dating 30 yrs old lady? Or 35 yrs old lady dating a 42 yr old guy? Then what are you going to say, 42 yr old guy should be working and thinking about his career n 37 yr lady should be emmm I don't know.. thinking about her career too?

First of all, I can't understand you. TYPE IT WHOLE WORDS AND SENTENCES OR RISK YOUR POST BEING REMOVED.

Now, my parents? What does that have to do with anything? My father has passed and my mother is elderly.

I am one year older than my husband.

Where am I from? Right here in the States. I have a 13 year old daughter and I can tell you that if she brought a 20 year old boy home (same age difference) he would be looking down a gun barrel.

You bringing up 37 year olds and 42 year olds are different than a 16 year old and a 23 year old. You both are in two different life stages. At this point in time. Now a 30 year old and a 37 year old are in closer life stages.

Just study Erikson and you will see the difference psychologically.

37 yr old guy dating a 30 yr old lady ------- both adults

35 yr old lady dating a 42 yr old guy--------both adults

16 yr old girl dating a 23 yr old guy---------one is an adult, one is a child


That is the difference.

OK , I'm sorry if I said something wrong, I just want to know if I can go out with my girlfriend without problems, that's all I wanted to know.. I can't help that she's 16 . I want to know law stuff.. if she can date whoever she wants to when she's 16.. then that's what I want to know.. good luck with all of y'all's daughters.. again I'm sorry..

LMAo. This conversation was starting to look like a fight room on Yahoo or something.

I would have to say I agree with everyone's answers...
I believe that a 16 year old girl is only with an older guy to look cool in school... If I were you personally I wouldn't want anything to do with that high school drama... been there and done that you should be over that phase by now.

I'm 23 also and my fiancé is 33 I met him when I was 18... Yea we're 10 years apart and yes my dad wanted to kill him but we started spending time together and realized we had more than that. That isn't something that happens all the time. I didn't go looking for an older guy we both had mututal friends.
Be wise in your decision to date her because I am sure you won't get consent from her parents in writing at least and all you have to do is piss her off and your in jail after the first phone call from her parents. I've seen it happen to a buddy of mine. He got charged with rape all because he didn't want to be with her anymore.

So the answer to your question is you need consent as already mentioned but be careful and don't over step your boundaries.

Thank you for all the warnings.. this website is only about experience stuff I guess.. nobody talks about law stuff.. I ask what age of consent was , nobody answered.. n hmcglynn is rite, it s starting to look like a fight here and I'm starting to look like the bad guy here..
Ask - me- help- desk? I asked , nobody answered . Helpdesk? Lol sure...

Call your local police department or county court, they can tell you for sure. Depends on whether you are wanting age of sexual consent, age of marriage consent, etc.