You can think the age gap is ass and that the relationship portrayed in the story is dogshit, but a large age gap like this (even if the MC is raising ML) does not mean it’s grooming. It has similarities, but it is different. Grooming is growing a relationship with the victim to try to get something from them (sex, money, of etc). Grooming is making the victim think the shit they’re being subjected to is normal so they eventually do the stuff the perpetrator want. Stop washing down the term to describe shit that isn’t grooming. I hate the story btw.
You can think the age gap is ass and that the relationship portrayed in the story is dogshit, but a large age gap like this (even if the MC is raising ML) does not mean it’s grooming. It has similarities, but it is different. Grooming is growing a relationship with the victim to try to get something from them (sex, money, of etc). Grooming is making the victim think the shit they’re being subjected to is normal so they eventually do the stuff the perpetrator want. Stop washing down the term to describe shit that isn’t grooming. I hate the story btw.