You’ve been in Paris too long. Come home.
Come on. There are power dynamics at play in almost every male-female relationship ever. If it feels good, you should try it. Try it. If it doesn’t work out, so what? Most relationships eventually don’t work out. Life is for living. You only get one bite of the apple, as a punk-rock lawyer once told me.
Maybe. Maybe not. A German teacher who is teaching a basic class to inexperienced students is probably a graduate student, i.e. just another student. Not really much different from PSXer’s social station, and not a huge “power dynamic”.
I’m not an experienced student; this is like 5th semester. And for like the 3rd time in this topic I will say she is a professor, not a grad student
Wow..have you ran this thru Google translate?
IMO if you are serious about this, this is what you should do. Wait until the semester is over. Then, between semesters ask her out (can’ help you on how to do that). And if she is interested DO NOT take her class next semester. And if she isn’t interested, DO NOT take her class next semester. And, when you ask her out make it clear that you are NOT taking her class next semester (and when you say it, mean it and do it no matter what). Or, even better, ask her out AFTER the next semester starts and she knows you are not taking her class. If she’s got half a brain she’s not going to sleep with a current student. If you show her you are considerate and mature and moral enough to realize a student-teacher relationship is a bad idea you might have a small chance (but keep in mind this “relationship” as it stands now is most likely in your mind only).
Anything else is grossly unfair to her and for that matter will make both of your lives more complicated and more unpleasant than they need to be.
Depends on what you mean by “professor”.
Prof= someone who teaches the class? Anywhere from a TA of 22 to 65+ year old.
Prof= someone who achieved the rank of (full) professor? 40+ most likely, often older.
Prof= someone on the tenure track? Asst prof, Asociate prof or full prof could be 28+ on up.
LOL. It reads so funny because you used the formal possessive pronoun. Well done.
aFDR? 
Sure, no problem. What possible consequences could there be for a professor who fools around with a student? It’s not like the professor spent years getting to that position and it’s not like she or he would lose that position and any possibility of another such position.
I get “I would like to put my head in your purple head yogurt spot.”
I get " I would like to put my head in your purple head yogurt spot Torevonhöchsteliebe." the only reference I find for Torevonhöchsteliebe is this thread.
They’re fake portmanteau words run through Google Translate then amalgamated.
“I would like to put my great purple headed yogurt extruder into your gates of heavenly love.”
And don’t forget that, even without that, a breakup means you are going to have to deal with your ex for a long time afterwards, and she’s going to be in a position of power over you. Even without meaning to, it’s really hard for that not to affect how she teaches you.
I had a cousin (not first cousin) who was convicted for having consensual sex with a student, even though he was of age. There’s a special part of the law that made it a crime for two years longer. It makes sense–one of the main arguments for pedophilia laws going past puberty is the idea that the adult has power over the kid due to their greater experience.
And, no, there aren’t inherent external power dynamics in nearly all relationships. Most relationships are amongst social equals. There’s even a big thing about how bad it is for your friend to be your boss, let alone your lover.
I am astonished at the absence of “child-raper” accusations aimed at this predatory woman in this scenario. Oh, that’s right. This is a 30 year old FEMALE professor and a 21 y.o. MALE student–alles gut. never mind.
Amazingly, it sounds even less romantic in German.
Wait, that’s not amazing. Everything sounds less romantic in German. I’m entirely puzzled how German men get German women to have sex with them. Maybe they do all their romancing in French or Italian.
If I’m missing something please tell me, but[ol]
[li]the female hasn’t done anything and[/li][li]I believe the male is above the age of consent.[/li][/ol]
Please tell me how the issue of rape – and I’m assuming you are using the term “rape” as defined by law – enters into this discussion. Is it because she is 9 years his senior? Because if that’s the issue, I don’t see how that necessarily indicates some kind of moral outrage is afoot let alone legal.
Please explain.
Whatever you do, don’t mention the war.
I’m sure prr is satirizing something about his perception of jumping to accusations of statutory rape or something.
Even the male (i.e., PSXer) has done nothing except for engaging in an infatuation. No idea why pseudotriton ruber ruber is getting upset.
Yeah, I was going to respond to this initially, but refrained. It seems prr is intimating some sort of double standard here, but it’s completely non-sensical. Even if the genders were reversed, I doubt anybody here would comment on it. For chrissake, it’s a possibly 30-year-old and 21-year-old.