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writes: Dear Cupid, this 24 year old and I have been talking for over a year. He's an amazing guy and he is a gentlemen. We are very alike personality wise and we are always happy together. We both went on a group trip recently and we saw each other but didnt talk too much (I was shy:( ) but we did talk and when we did we were both happy.. And during the whole trip I would always catch him looking at me and I would too.. I really like him but he probably won't date me because of the age difference or something I don't know.. Help?
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reader, So_Very_Confused  +, writes (9 April 2013):
 Once you are 21 and he is 28/29, then the difference is not so bad. But for right now, even though you feel mature enough to handle it, you are not and the gap between 17 and 24 is huge.I know you like him and want to have more than a casual friendship with him, but to be honest, if he’s any kind of mature honorable man (the kind you want to be involved with in the long run) he won’t see you as anything but a cute kid that he wished was older. IF he does try to date you, then he is no honorable or mature and should be avoided.It’s really a catch-22 for you. You want him to like you as more than a friend but if he does, he’s not a good man because it’s NOT appropriate for a 24 year old man to want to date a 17 year old girl.
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reader, YouWish +, writes (8 April 2013):
 A 7-8 year age difference is nothing if both people are over 21. You didn't mention which country you're from, but I know that in the US, a 24 year old having sex with someone under the age of 18 is called statutory rape and can destroy his life if people so much as suspected him of touching you in a sexual manner.
In other countries like the UK, the age of consent is 16, but even still, a teenager doesn't have a lot in common with someone who's out of college. I would suggest merely keeping things as friends, and if you two know each other after you get older, then maybe. These ones are sad, because bad timing is heartbreaking.
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