History PlayingWith / TheJailBaitWait

* '''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 NotSoSimiliar and continues to pine after Alice, waiting for her to come of age.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob confesses his feelings for Alice, but says they should wait until she's eighteen. Alice suggests they just use contraceptives, though Bob doesn't want to risk making her a teen mom. Alice says they could just date, yet Bob...

** PaedoHunt

** Alice underwent very precocious puberty, meaning if Bob waits she'll have gone through menopause by the time their relationship would be legal.

** Even if such laws ''don't'' exist in their jurisdiction, Bob believes Alice is fair game because he and she are both in HighSchool.
** Alice and Bob ''refuse'' to let anyone limit their love for each other, deciding only their ''own'' opinions matter.

* '''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 legallity 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."

* '''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.

'''Basic Trope''': A character waits for his/her LoveInterest to reach the age of consent.

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

** Bob desperately races to reveal his feeling to Alice ''before'' her eighteenth birthday.

** {{Lolicon}} (or {{Shotacon}})

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob waste ''years'' just waiting to make their relationship legal, yet with the pent

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Played for Drama''': AliceAndBob spend all their time pining for one another.

* '''Straight''': Bob is in love with 16-year-old Alice, but waits until her 18th birthday to reveal his feelings for her.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob has been waiting for Alice since before she reached puberty
** Bob actually sets a clock to count down to the exact second Alice's 18th birthday begins.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice is only a few days away from her 18th birthday when Bob falls in love with her.
* '''Justified''':

** Bob wants to actually marry Alice, and needs to wait until she turns 18 so he can legally marry her without having to get parental consent.
** Bob doesn't think Alice is emotionally ready for a serious relationship yet.

** 16-year-old Alice waits until her 18th birthday to confess her feelings to Bob.
** Bob desperately races to reveal his feeling to Alice ''before'' her 18th birthday.
* '''Subverted''':
** Bob confesses his feelings for Alice - with a nod to how she is underage, of course.

** But tells her he'll wait for her to turn 18...
** But they have to wait until they're old enough (whatever that means in the time and place in which they live) to legally marry.

** Alice is 16, but the age of consent in the area in which Alice and Bob live is 15.

** AliceAndBob are both consenting adults to begin with, so this is moot.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, Alice, you 18 yet?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob has recently turned 18, and just notices Alice.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** AliceAndBob live in a place with "Romeo and Juliet Laws" that state that teenagers who are within 3 years of one another agewise would not be charged with statutory rape for "interacting" with members of their peer group.

* '''Discussed''': "Does wanting her make me a creep?" "Not if you're so willing to wait for her."

* '''Played For Drama''': Alice and Bob spend all their time pining for one another.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Bob has been waiting since the night Alice was conceived!

** Alice only ''looks'' [like a teenage girl; she's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.

** [[LegalJailbait Alice only]] ''[[LegalJailbait looks]]'' [[LegalJailbait like a teenage girl]]; she's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.

* '''Discussed''': ???

** Alice only ''looks'' like a teenage girl; she's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.

* '''Inverted''': 16-year-old Alice waits until her 18th birthday to confess her feelings to Bob.

* '''Gender Inverted''': Alice is in love with 16-year-old Bob, but waits until his 18th birthday to reveal her feelings for him.

** Sixteen is the age of consent where Alice lives, not [[SoCalization 18.]]

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Basic Trope''': A character waits for his/her LoveInterest to reach the age of consent.
* '''Played Straight''': Bob is in love with 16-year-old Alice, but waits until her 18th birthday to reveal his feelings for her.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has been waiting for Alice since before she reached puberty

* '''Justified''': Bob doesn't want to get charged with statutory rape for getting involved with Alice.

* '''Subverted''': Bob confesses his feelings for Alice - with a nod to how she is underage, of course.

** Alice only ''looks'' like a teenage girl; she's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.
* '''Double Subverted''': But tells her he'll wait for her to turn 18...

** Bob doesn't know that, and decides to wait until she's older.

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Averted''': {{Lolicon}} (or {{Shotacon}})
** AliceAndBob are both consenting adults to begin with, so this is moot.
* '''Enforced''': SmallReferencePools, SoCalization, an attempt to avoid {{Squick}}.

* '''Defied''': AliceAndBob live in a place with "Romeo and Juliet Laws" that state that teenagers who are within 3 years of one another agewise would not be charged with statutory rape for "interacting" with members of their peer group.
** Even if such laws ''don't'' exist in their jurisdiction, Bob believes Alice is fair game because he and she are both in HighSchool.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.

** [[ChristmasCake Alice]] waits for Bob to turn 18.

* '''Subverted''': Bob confesses his feelings for Alice.

** Bob makes his move on Alice on her sweet 16.
* '''Double Subverted''': But tells her he'll wait for her to turn 18.

** AliceAndBob are both consenting adults (or similarly-aged teenagers) to begin with, so this is moot.