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Overboard (1987)
IMDB rating: 6.10
Plot: Rich bitch Joanna hires country carpenter Dean to build a closet on her yacht. When the two don’t see eye-to-eye, Dean is left unpaid while Joanna sets sail. The following day, Joanna is fished out of the sea, after falling overboard, suffering from amnesia. Dean sees a neat way to regain the money she owes him… he tells her she’s his wife; that way Dean gets a free housekeeper and mother for his four kids.
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Directors: Marshall Garry
Actors: Russell Kurt,Herrmann Edward,Hagerty Michael G.,McDowall Roddy,Rushton Jared,Wiseman Jeffrey,Price Brian,Wild Jamie,Campanella Frank,Miller Henry Alan,Buxton Frank,Comedy,Romance,
Pedophile with child at the beach. Would you have done something in my situation?
I asked this in parenting section, but would like to see different responses in grade school, for parents who have children who are still in school:
Note this MIGHT sound a bit creepy so please consider yourself warned.
Last summer while at the beach there was a young couple right beside us, the beach was PACKED. I was there with my 14 year old son and 9 year old daughter, and I couldn’t help but notice this couple beside us were acting a little "TOO" affectionate/intimate with each other in public.It was almost impossible to "not" notice them. They were both on their front sides and constantly touching eachother, rubbing her fingertips through his hair and kept giving each other small kisses and it just seemed to get a little too overboard. I heard little things they were saying and discussing, it seemed obvious that they were high on drugs because it was all about intimacy, their pupils were enlarged to the point you can only see white and black, and no color, the woman looked at me a couple times and smiled. I noticed the woman putting a pill into his mouth and giving him water, and vice versa; MORE than just once. I’m certain it was ecstasy. Later the woman reached out and grabbed sunscreen from her bag and sort of nagged "let me put some on you!" so she started putting it on him while he’s laying down from his feet to his neck, and flipped him over and proceeded his front side. She took her time and it seemed a bit sexual. What REALLY got to me was when she was done and I heard the exact words from the guy "so (her name) how did you feel while rubbing down a 15 year old in sunscreen?" and immediately I started feeling sick to my stomach and stopped myself from listening to anymore.
I would see them get up from their towel holding hands going into the water slowly, and at that point It was so obvious they were completely rigged out of their minds on E smiling at everything. The woman was very attractive, tall, slim and looked 21-25, NO YOUNGER than 20. The boy did not look 15 at all, way too developed and also looked like he was abusing steroids, but when I heard "15" I started feeling sick. They looked like they were either in a relationship or just newly dating. At that point my kids were staring at them so we left and moved to a different spot. I really felt like saying something or doing something about this but I didn’t really know, but I couldn’t stop thinking about this for a while, it really disturbed me.
If you were me in this situation, would you have done something or said something, or would you have just moved? I thought this was completely wrong in everyway, especially with a minor doing drugs like ecstasy. Thanks for reading.
I HEARD 100% he said 15. With my own ears, I bet my life on that.
I felt I wasn’t the only one who noticed them, I definitely wasn’t the only one. And they did not even notice me looking, they were WAY too out of it to notice anything around them and that too was extremely obvious.
The beach also has no life guards on duty, but I hadn’t even thought about that.
No, the woman was not a teenager. If you saw the woman you would know she was NOT a teenager. If I had doubts about her age I would have not felt sick but this got me sick to my stomach because I knew she wasn’t a teenager like the boy was.
He was 15. He was WAY too submissive with her, if you actually saw it you would think differently.
So… It doesn’t seem like it was abusive. I wouldn’t have paid it much mind at all.
The issue with Pedophilia (which means child-lover and can, if you like, be used to describe anyone who wants to be a parent) is one of exploitation and abuse. This situation didn’t appear to be one and if you say he looked older then perhaps she was only 16 or 17 and they were an older looking couple.
I also don’t find any of that behavior to be inappropriate (the affection), so perhaps I just have a more lax view of the universe. Then again, if I saw an adult touching a elementary school kid, I’d be breaking noses and maybe necks.
GothBabeAlexandra | Nov 21, 2009
I would have called 911 myself, they can answer for the situation.
Ethel | Nov 21, 2009
That is disturbing, but hardly pedophilia. I would have gotten up, and moved.
Char | Nov 21, 2009
The only rational thing you could have done was ot move to another spot. It doesn’t pay to get involved in anything like this. You never know who or what you are dealing with. Just walk away is the only option here.
fifthwheel948 | Nov 21, 2009
All you could do was just go to a different spot. He may have been kidding around when he said he was 15, being how high they were. Going to the beach, you’ll run into people like that. Unless they’re hurting you or your family, the best thing is to ignore them or go to a different spot.
annieandrebel | Nov 21, 2009
I probably wouldn’t have. If she didn’t look like she was forcing him to do something he didn’t want to do. I don’t think the age difference is enough they are both fairly young. Also, it could have been some kind of inside joke you didn’t know about. For example, my sister is in her 30’s yet when she goes places that have a different rate for teens, people automatically give her a ticket for the teen rate assuming she is a teen. Unless the boy looked like he was 12 or a complete child, I wouldn’t say anything. It’s hard to judge ages and the girl may have looked old for her age as well.
Summer | Nov 21, 2009
You should have called the police immediately.
lezlie | Nov 21, 2009
Wow! how disgusting. I can understand why you couldn’t help but look. You did the right thing by moving to a new spot. I don’t think the dude was actually 15, he was probably just being silly, or perhaps it was an inside joke between the two of them. Since there were no life guards you couldn’t have much else, just short of calling the police. I would have done just what you did, just get up and move.
jkn143 | Nov 21, 2009
I have to ask. How do you know how old the girl was? She could have been a lot younger than you think.
If I knew for a fact she was over age, I probably would have called the police, oddly enough not for the sexual stuff (hard to prove touching if he wont admit it). However giving drugs to minors or anyone else is illegal and can be proved without him saying anything.
Mommy of 5 | Nov 21, 2009
u could hav notified the lifeguards, then they’d call the police, the police will take them away, an the beach is drug and pedophile free once more
Hero1909 | Nov 21, 2009
No, I would not have done something. You do not no for a fact what their ages were. They could have been roll playing or the woman could have been younger than you thought (completely possible considering you didn’t think the young man was only 15). And God forbid two people be affectionate towards one another and they not be high. Some people are just very affectionate and lovey-dovey. Its called "the honeymoon stage" for a lot of couples. Some people are just more comfortable with public displays of affections than other people. You are making A LOT of assumptions and have absolutely no facts. I think it would have been inappropriate for you to have done anything, so I hoped you simply minded your own business.
If it bothered you, you should have simply moved rather than continue to lay there and subject your children to it and listen in on their private conversation. If the woman was obviously 30-something and the boy was obviously a young child, then yes, someone should have been called, but in this situation, there is just too much speculation. My personal opinion is that this is a "mind your own business" situation.
Just Call Me G | Nov 21, 2009
Well I wouldn’t have paid much attention to it because if you were out of ear shot you wouldn’t have heard he was fifteen and just took it for a couple getting a tad to cozy in public. I think you did the right thing by moving because you were uncomfortable.
Amanda | Nov 21, 2009
You said he didnt look 15, maybe he wasn’t, you said the she looked no less then 20 maybe she wasn’t. if they were taking drugs then more than likely they were just being dumb. there are too many "ifs" once young people get to around that age it is hard to work out their ages. when you heard his age thats when most peple would start to listen, but I am not you.
If you were 100% sure then maybe calling the police, but I would have to be 100%, before I even thought about doing that.
You probably did the right thing. I would not judge you,
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Rugratzzzzzzzzzzz | Nov 21, 2009
i would defidently tell someone, like the police or something. But they can never help they way they feel for someone, even if they are alot older or alot younger than the person they r with. al long as they BOTH semed happy.. i wouldnt b as alarmed.
<8^) | Nov 21, 2009
As disgusting as watching a couple of honeymooners is, the giving each other drugs would concern me a lot more. For that reason alone I would have called the police, non emergency number if I had access to it. Hey, I’m not against affection! We wouldn’t have kids if we were! But there’s a time and a place. A crowded beach and right in front of kids is neither. Who wants to watch someone else making out instead of doing it themselves? You were right not to confront them directly, since the behavior of people on drugs can be quite unpredicable.
aussiegenes | Nov 21, 2009
No, I wouldn’t have done anything, it’s none of my business what people choose to do.
And even if the girl was within the age group you thought, and the guy actually was 15 (which you don’t know for sure), I wouldn’t class her as being a paedophille.
. | Nov 21, 2009
I don’t know, she could have been about 18. Someone in their early 20s and an older teenager is a lot different than a pedophile. A pedophile is someone who is attracted to children that have no yet reached puberty.
I wouldn’t have said anything unless it was really obvious that one was MUCH older, I mean I’ve seen a man who looked about 30 holding hands with a girl who looked about 14. I was really creeped out by this.
I don’t think I would have done anything in that situation, I mean it’d be different if one of them was clearly much younger than the other.
Irenie Leigh | Nov 21, 2009
You need to mind your own business. You sound like an old woman gossiping over the phone to her best friend. Just because you believe you heard it doesn’t make it so.. and even if he said it, it doesn’t make it true so I’d suggest you worry about yourself next time .. as if it should be a crime in the first place.
qscott8411 | Nov 21, 2009
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