I also correspond with a lot of other people, up into their 70's, from several places around the world. Does emailing with a 60 year old Chinese guy make me some kind of pervert?
There are politics and policy message boards out there, just as there are Football boards. I belong to a couple that are actually sponsored by institutions such as the National Defense University, where people working on policy and strategy can meet to offer ideas to each other and collaborate when they like to. 90% of the stuff that goes on isn't "Secret Squirrel".
I personally find it somewhat reassuring that there are young people out there that have an interest in geopolitics and global stategies. Is that ALL I talk about with everyone? No. Just as with several people here, I've developed "on-line" relationships with many of them. And no, it doesn't include webcams. I suppose that since I'm 49 you probably find it perverted that I regularly stay in touch with my 23 year old TS cleared nuclear policy knowledgeable assistant that left for Graduate school.
And, if I could get someone 20 years old and good looking interested in me in THAT way....wow....not sure I could handle that one.
I have a problem with the kiddie stuff because this happened also to someone very close to me when she was very young. I know what damage it caused not just to her, but through her entire family.
Are you going to charge me for the psychoanalysis? I have Paypal.