This is a fairly rough place...

but it can also be helpful -- very helpful. Not because of your age -- I'll take it on faith that you're 16 -- but because over time you can find answers to questions -- or at least a way to think through those questions -- that you can't find elsewhere. But you need to be careful. -- BC can be dangerous. This forum is the oldest and most famous of its type on the web and is regularly read by LEOs and other people who want to ruin you (we call them "antis"). So don't disclose any personal information (e.g. where you live; what kind of part-time job you have -- you've already told us how old you are but that is as far as you should go.) Do NOT initiate off-board contact with people or respond to invitations for such until you've gotten to know them well-- and that requires several months of reading and engagements in back-and-forths here. -- The board is very lightly regulated (unless you blatantly break one of the seven rules -- make sure to read and understand those.) As a result, it is permeated with trolls and idiots. (There are a couple in this thread -- they regularly show up to "welcome" new posters such as yourself.) But there are people here who are worth reading precisely for the reasons you already seem to understand: because they can say things here that would get them banned in other places. You can talk freely about such matters as as the erotic and romantic ties that so easily develop between guys in their mid-teens and much older guys -- and the implications of that. As long as you don't try to cruise for sex partners here or post open erotica, you can say what you want about your feelings. You'll have to learn to sift through the responses -- to ignore the trolls and the idiots and to hone in on the people who have something to say that you find interesting and helpful. My advice, therefore, is to read the board regularly. Figure out who has nothing to say to you (never let them get under your skin -- just ignore them) as opposed to people you find interesting. Try posting from time to time about matters that concern you and responding to posts you find interesting. You may find this board life-changing (as I did.) Welcome to BC! SR