History PlayingWith / TheJailBaitWait

** Alice and Bob are genuinely conflicted about being attracted to each other; Alice has her doubts but tries to ignore them because she's young and naive about sex and romance, while Bob is deeply confused and is disgusted with himself for having these feelings for Alice. Although Alice suggests that Bob wait until she reaches the age of consent, Bob is too disturbed by his newfound ephebophilia to act on it and they wisely decide to move on from each other.

--->'''Bob:''' Does wanting her make me a creep?\\
'''Dennis:''' Not if you're so willing to wait for her.

** Alice and Bob are genuinely conflicted about being attracted to each other; Alice has her doubts but tries to ignore them because she's young and naive about sex and romance, while Bob is deeply confused and troubled by these feelings for Alice. Although Alice suggests that Bob wait until she reaches the age of consent, Bob is too disturbed by his newfound ephebophilia to act on it and they wisely decide to move on from each other.

** Alice and Bob are genuinely conflicted about being attracted to each other; Alice doesn't see the harm because it's just a harmless crush to her and doesn't see an issue with hooking up with an older man, while Bob has a lot more trouble rationalizing his feelings on the matter as he is both disturbed and deeply confused by these thoughts of Alice. Although Bob could wait until Alice reaches the age of consent, he's still conflicted by the significant age gap between the two and comes from a society where age-gap romances are frowned upon. Although Alice insists he should just wait for her, Bob still has some inner turmoil and can't bring himself to wait for her, so he just decides to move on before it goes any further.

** Alice and Bob are genuinely conflicted about being attracted to each other; Alice doesn't see the harm because it's just a harmless crush to her and doesn't see an issue with hooking up with an older man, while Bob has trouble rationalizing his own feelings on the matter and is both disturbed and deeply confused by these thoughts. Although Bob could wait until Alice reaches the age of consent, he's still conflicted by the significant age gap between the two and comes from a society where it's frowned upon for age-gap romances. While Alice insists he should just wait for her, Bob has some inner turmoil and can't bring himself to wait for her, so he just decides to move on before it goes any further.

** Alice and Bob are genuinely conflicted about being attracted to each other; Alice doesn't see the harm because it's just a harmless crush to her, while Bob has trouble rationalizing his own feelings on the matter because it's creepy and frowned upon for an older man to be attracted to someone under the age of consent. While Alice insists he should just wait for her, Bob has some inner turmoil and can't bring himself to wait for her, so he just decides to move on before it goes any further.

* '''Straight''': Adult Bob is in love with sixteen-year-old Alice, but waits until her eighteenth birthday to reveal his feelings for her.

** Sixteen-year-old Alice waits until her eighteenth birthday to confess [[PrecociousCrush her feelings to Bob]].

** When Alice finally reaches the age of consent, Bob is still uncomfortable because Alice looks like a teenager. Alternatively, Alice reaches the age of consent but is uncomfortable with how Bob waited for her, and she's not attracted to him due to their age difference.

-->'''Bob''': Does wanting her make me a creep?\\
'''Jim''': Not if you're so willing to wait for her.

-->'''Alice''': [[PrecociousCrush Bob the physics teacher is really cute, isn't he?]] I think he's a bit interested in me, too... Guess he is just waiting to say it until I'm older so people won't think we're weirdos!\\
'''Charlotte''': [[VisibleSilence ...]] I think his wife would call you more than that...
* '''Conversed''': "Waiting for a minor to become an adult is creepy and a massive waste of one's time." "Love comes in all forms, and legality isn't some natural compulsion to meet. Frankly being willing to wait years to be with their beloved just to satisfy arbitrary human laws is ''commendable'' patience."

* '''Played For Laugh''': Bob has clearly marked Alice's eighteenth birthday on his calendar, yet unwittingly [[NotDistractedByTheSexy ignores]] the clearly impatient Alice in the meantime.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob waste years just waiting to make their relationship legal, cheating on each other as they waited as they became sexually frustrated. Ultimately by the time they can be together, they've moved on to people they were legally allowed to be with.

** When Alice finally reaches the age of consent, Bob decides that it's weird to be attracted to Alice since she still looks like a teenager. While it might be legal for Alice and Bob, it doesn't make it any less weird or creepy in Charlie's opinion so he decides to put a stop to it.

** When Alice finally reaches the age of consent, Bob decides that it's weird to be attracted to Alice since she still looks like a teenager. While it might be legal for Alice and Bob, it doesn't make it any less weird or creepy in Charlie's opinion.

* '''Parodied''': Bob has been waiting since he and Alice met as kids!

** Alice and Bob decide to start relationships with people there own ages.

* '''Played For Laugh''': Bob has clearly marked Alice's eighteenth birthday on his calendar, yet unwittingly [[NotDistractedByTheSexy ignoring]] the clearly impatient Alice in the meantime.

* '''Enforced''': SmallReferencePools, SoCalization, an attempt to avoid {{Squick}}.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is only a few days away from her eighteenth birthday when Bob falls in love with her.

** Alice and Bob are engaged as teenagers. (May or may not be an ArrangedMarriage.)
** Alice only ''looks'' like a teenage girl, she's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.

** But they have to wait until they're old enough (whatever that means in the time and place in which they live) to marry legally.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is initially attracted to Alice, but once he finds out [[DirtyOldMan Charlie]] has the same plans with her he becomes disgusted with himself. He then concludes that he and Charlie are NotSoSimilar and continues to pine after Alice, waiting for her to come of age.

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