• ReiRose@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rose_(Tennessee_politician)

    Rose and his wife Chelsea (née Doss) married in January 2011.[30] At the time, he was 45 and she was 21. He met her when she was 17.[31] They live in Cookeville, Tennessee, with their two sons. [6]

    Doesn’t say when they started dating.

    I will agree that it’s case by case, but if he started grooming her at 17 it’s grooming.

    Grooming doesn’t always relate to age or age gap either. If a man is a teacher or leader at church camp or something, some position of authority it can go beyond the age of consent and still be considered grooming.