Originally Posted by Kelpie (Post 684071)

No I don't think so.
17/18 years old is not a child. A young man/Teenager but not classed as a child I wouldn't say.
And not nessacarily means the flirter is gay either. May be but may also be just playing about and that isn't wrong.

Originally Posted by BeautyFiend (Post 684073)

Certainly doesn't make him a paedophile.
21 and 17 are both old enough to be consensual.
Doesn't necessarily make him gay either, boys piss about.

Originally Posted by Raven (Post 684074)

no. it wouldnt make him a paedophile where i come from as the age of consent is 16 - plus flirting is a very grey area, i wouldnt call someone a paedophile for merely flirting with someone who was underage.
it also doesnt make someone gay having a bit of harmless fun.
i have actuallyslept with another woman - but i am not homosexual. in fact im straight. it was experimental.

Originally Posted by emu (Post 684077)

i agree...there's only a few years age difference and if he was just joking then it doesn't mean anything about whether he's homosexual or not.

Originally Posted by Night Nurse (Post 685538)

It's just flirting. Flirting is fun and harmless.

Paedophiles are attracted to people who are pre-pubescent, or at under the legal age. A 21 year old who is interested in a 17 year old is unlikely to be a paedophile.

They might be gay, they might not be. Some people flirt with everybody.

If the 17 year old felt uncomfortable with it he should have said something at the time. For future encounters, he should stop it as soon as the conversation turns flirty.