• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      “Grooming” to me always implied the actions of an individual, with the intent of generating a sexual relationship with that one person. It’s got a level of intent that the lady at the grocery store calling me a “handsome young man” and then never seeing me again doesn’t have.

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        9 months ago

        It doesn’t really matter what it is to you when it has a hard and established definition.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Well grooming doesn’t have to be an individual, and it doesn’t have to be sexual. Kids are groomed in school to go to college. The word means to train/prepare for. Training someone for something can be good thing or a bad thing. Or anything in between.