"The man is pleasant and friendly. If I had not known this information, I would have suggested he and his wife get together with my husband and other friends. There are no children in my household, so no one would be endangered by his presence. Should this information about his sex offender status change how I see or respect him? Neither he nor his wife knows that I know, and I don't plan to tell them or anyone else."
"We both have children, so we have been extremely careful not to cause them any distress with our relationship, and we have kept our home lives pretty separate. At first, I thought that when the kids graduated from high school, we would maybe change our living situation, but now with all of our kids in college, the kids are going back and forth. One has moved home with me, so a change still doesn't seem appropriate."
Someone discovered that a community acquaintance is a registered sex offender for a child under 13, and another group member confirmed the record while assessing volunteer suitability near a school. The acquaintance appears pleasant, and the discoverer faces uncertainty about social interactions and whether to change perceptions. A moral and ethical duty exists to report any registered sex offender observed in the presence of minor children. Separately, a widow who has dated a widower for eight years remains cautious about merging households. Their adult children have influenced living arrangements. The widow feels unable to live comfortably in the widower's home filled with his deceased wife's belongings.
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