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I don't believe that absolutely no one can ever be allowed to know someone who's younger than them and end up marrying or dating them, unless they were already dating the younger mate amongst them when they were a minor. I don't believe that at all. I believe that in most cases, or in all cases for that matter, that couples who knew each other when one was a minor and the other was an adult don't get together until both is of age. I say this, because I don't think the younger mate who's the minor among the two would like to continue on liking and being with the older adult mate once they become an adult, because a child's mind is different from an adult's mind, thus the minor's feelings would change for the adult once they become an adult themselves. This is my opinion.
And regardless of what some of these people assume and think, they have absolutely no proof, their just speculators full of uncertain judgment. With that being, I think it's just best to go by what you can judge rightfully, which is seeing them get together when they both were of age.
And sense the topic is about MJ and Diana, I remember Diana said during the Diana Ross special in 1981, "I always knew you were going to be a giant star, I really did, but what I didn't know, what I didn't know is that you were going to get so sexy", meaning that Diana had no attraction toward MJ when he was younger, a minor, but once he became an adult she thought MJ was sexy and start to become attracted to him. When MJ was a child, she saw him as this adorable little boy, as her son. But once he became an adult, she saw him as this sexy mocha guy. That's some prove right there. Not to mention as already said before in one of me previous post, when Michael was a child, a minor, Diana was married to Bob Silberstein from 1971 - 1977, with children an all, lol, so you can't even speculate that Diana was with MJ when he was an minor. And besides, even when MJ and Diana were both of age, MJ is the one who made the first move, because it was always his dream to marry Diana, lol.
Chao :
Just because Diana said all those things, it doesn't mean she was not aware how such relationship would seem to many people. It was probably why she wanted to keep such a relationship secret. She probably understands PR better than MJ did. Diana has always been about her public image, so I can imagine her asking herself how would such a relationship look publicly and either refraining from such relationship or keeping such a relationship secret.
Btw, I personally do NOT think there is anything wrong with such a relationship as long as the normal rules regarding age of consent are followed. But as I have said that will not stop rumours and conjecture and Diana, moreso than MJ, was probably very aware of that.