Dear Abby: High school teacher considers fling with former student
By: Abigail Van Buren | Published: 2025-08-05 08:00:00 | Source: www.nj.com
DEAR ABBY: I am a 50-year-old single mom who is extremely close with my 20-year-old daughter, who is away at college. I haven’t dated for 12 years, partly because I did not want distractions from parenting.
Recently, a young man has contacted me for a casual relationship. These are my issues: He’s 21. My daughter would be disgusted, and I could never tell her. Six years ago, he was a student of mine. (I teach high school.) Nothing inappropriate happened when he was a student. In fact, he had such a rude attitude that I once met with his mother. I know this could never go anywhere, but I don’t want anything to go anywhere.
At this point in my life, I would like to date casually. He lives several hours away so we would see each other only occasionally. I’m trying to decide…
