Mother of 15 year old.drew no distinction between dating someone who was 16 and someone who was 26; a boyfriend was a boyfriend . Tracy, the 15-year-old mother of 1-year-old Kevin, started dating her boyfriend Eddie when she was 13 and he was 18. She told me that Eddie's age was "no big deal," adding that, “it’s just like you have this boyfriend and he happens to be older." Crystal, a 15-year-old mother, concurred. She explained to me that dating a20-year-old when she was 14 "didn't bother (her) at all" because "after all, age is just a number.