It's Not How Old You ARE... It's How Old You LOOK

Angel 241 yrs, Buffy 17 yrs

Edward 104 yrs, Bella 17 yrs

Jesse Tuck 104 yrs, Winnie Foster 15 yrs (almost 11 yrs in the book)

Anne Rice's Claudia 71 yrs (Claudia was actually old enough to be a grandmother when she got her 'mother', Madeleine, yet for decades her fathers treated her like she was six and even gave her dolls as gifts, because she had the body of a six year old!)

Bill 140 yrs, Sookie 25 yrs

Wrath 325 yrs, Beth 25 yrs (interestingly, Wrath was mated to Marissa for 300 years, when he fell in love with Beth, but since the marriage was never consummated, they got an annulment)

The trailer for the upcoming Twilight movie, New Moon, reveals a very buff Taylor Lautner (who plays Jacob Black).
My friend (who shall remain nameless, though some call her 'Mom') thought he was hot.
She quickly looked up Lautner's age and was horrified to learn the toned Taylor (who reportedly packed on 30 lbs of muscle for the role) was only 17 years old.
She exclaimed, "This goes past being a cougar! This is like, pedophile!"



No, no, no!
Judging by reviews, parental approval, book sales and movie ticket sales, it's pedophilia only if my friend looks 44.*
If she had been turned into a vampire, or drank magical spring water that caused her body to still look 17, she would be good to go.



* technically, it's illegal in only 11 states, and not considered pedophilia or a crime in any way in the other 39, even without the benefit of vampirism.