
I did not understand a single thing you said
are you attacking the FL and calling her a groomer? its like your telling us that she needs to be with someone older than her physical age cuz his mentally adult anyway? isn't that worst cuz its pedo activity?
did FL seduced ML and conditioned him to only love only her for the rest of his life?
do you want her to neglect a child instead? I just don't understand why do you call this type of plot as grooming when they are both children as of this time??

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This is so simple. How about NOT to get chummy with a child? They could've done that (maybe about her catching feelings) when he's a fcking ADULT. IS THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND? Even that on its own when she literally watched him grow up, even for just a brief moment, it's still disturbing.
Improved the environment for the kid, have a bond with him that'll never be broken, be blushing WITH THE KID for little to no reason. Is THAT not textbook grooming?

if blushing is your evidence of her having feelings of the child then I don't know what to say about that
but as I read the story I don't think she showed any signs of romantic feelings for him as a child, she mostly just find him cute and endearing, there are also no scenes of her thinking as such, in her mind she always thinks that they will divorce one day, and his destined for someone already
and she also didn't touch him inappropriately in any way as a child

It's okay- both of y'all voiced out understandable reasons for your opinions.
But if I may ( ̄∇ ̄") the act of making you a child's only hope is indeed a start for grooming. Making an abused child depend on you is one of those groomers way.
But- it will only be grooming if the groomer will use the child for sexual needs in the future which the FL won't do.
Do I want the FL to be with a 20 year old man just cuz she has a mentality of one? No, tf no.
Do I still get the eek? Yes, I do.
The eek when it comes to this type of tropes is whenever we are reminded that the MC is an "adult" taking care of a child in a child's body. It's like grooming in disguise even though without the sexual need part.
And yes, the MC doesn't like the ML in that type of way but knowing yur personal limits and boundaries are important if yur handling kids not yur own (even if she's also in a child's body)
What I wished for MC is that SHE PUT BOUNDARIES!! AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO ML WHERE THEIR RELATIONSHIP LIES!!!
"But their Husband and wife"
So? Marriage of Convenience did it (in one way or another) What's stopping with this one?
I was once a person who doesn't give a damn on this trope as long the older one doesn't show romantic feelings to the younger one til they come of age.
But after reading news and irl cases of grooming. U can't just brush it off like fr.
The MC be either straight up "no I'm not interested" or straight up freak. I don't want a gray area ( ̄へ ̄)
Oop-- we got another groomer here