That I was going to try to work up the courage to talk to, turned 18…
6 weeks ago. :smack:
Damn you facebook, for crushing my dreams. I guess this is my fault for waiting until senior year to take general electives that actually have girls enrolled in them.
Um, what’s the problem?
Past her “best before” date?
Girls over legal age is actually a good thing, you know.
Not if you’re a boy under the legal age.
Two questions:
I would expect she’s not.
Have you seen OpalCat, Cardinal Biggles and Cardinal Fang all in the same room/torture chamber? I think not!
She turned 18 about six weeks ago, correct? That means she is legal. If you are in college and a senior that means that you are about 21, right? What’s the issue? Ask her out to dinner.
I’m 23 (senior in a five year program), and she’s not much older than my little sister. It would just…feel wrong.
My college BF was 5 years older than me. (I was between my soph. and jr. year and he was finishing law school when we met.)
Actually it feels pretty good, but YMMV.
My brother is 5 years older than me. My last girlfriend was 7 years older than me. Girlfriend before that was 5 years younger. +/-5 years is average for dating.
If she’s cute, has a good head on her shoulders, and you like your personality, and you’re freaking because she’s frickin five years younger (the traditionally preferred age difference), then I can promise you that the only reason that this is bugging you is because you would rather not “work up the courage to talk.” And that’s got to be the lamest excuse ever.
18 yr old here.
Go for it!
Seriously, if she’s the kind of girl you’d like, she’d be looking for someone older anyway. Most guys this age are barely over the farts-and-boogers-in-public stage.
At 23, I can’t imagine not wanting to rail an 18 year old. I can’t imagine not wanting to rail an 18 year old in 10 years, either. I’m going to Dallas to hang out with a “friend” twice my age this weekend. Age is one of the last things I care about when considering a woman’s attributes (as long as she’s 18, of course). YMMV
At 40, I still think nailing an 18 year old would be a pleasant experience. Kids these days. They grow old so fast.
That is essentially how I met my girlfriend. I was 22 senior and she was an 18 year old freshman. We are over 4 years apart in age but I didn’t let that stop me, and now, over a year later, we still together and quite happy that I did not consider age to be a barrier.
I say don’t worry about it.
Seniors dating freshmen isn’t that big a deal. Seriously, ask her out. Freshman girls want the senior guys’ attention. Just don’t be a creepy “after one thing” guy and it’s not a big deal.
I resemble that remark! :mad:
As usual, XKCD has wisdom to impart on this topic. 
Just print this out and sneak it to her in class. She’ll be glad that you did!
But yeah, the age difference matters less if you are both in school. It’s when one person’s a high school senior and the other’s got a career that things just do not work. Also, chances are she will not remember a time when the Internet did not exist. And may not know how to use a record player.