Hey everyone, I'm new to this forum so to start off I'll let you that I am a 22 year old college senior, or will be a senior at least in about 2 weeks, from Washington DC and am majoring in History. I feel a little awkward here because while I am no expert in relationships, I can usually hold my own, but this summer has presented me with a unique situation.
I spent my summer working with this girl at an NGO to help underpriviledged communities gain access to clean water in developing countries. Almost from the moment I met her, I was extremely attracted to her. I never thought I'd meet a woman like her in my life; her passion, her intelligence, her energy, and not to mention her physical beauty are unparalleled compared to anyone I've ever met before. Anyways, I worked with her all summer, and every now and then I would try to give her little hints of my feelings for her, and I at least feel like she responded in a postive way. I've wanted all summer to tell her how I felt, but did not because I didn't want to alter both our friendship and our working relationship.
I decided a few weeks ago I would present my feelings to her sometime before our time together was over, which is quickly approaching, but here is my dilemma. I am 22 and she is 27. Now that didn't bother me in the least until about a week ago, when her room mate broke up with his girlfriend. Now thing is, he is 27 and she is 22. After the fallout from her roommate's break up, she began telling my how much of a difference 5 years in age makes and how she saw there was going to be an issue in maturity along with a few other things. I also overheard her talking to my mother about the whole thing at a dinner party we went to recently and of course she brought up the age issue again. Now I'm leaving to go back to college in slightly over a week, and I don't know when I'll get another chance to see her again. I'm not exactly sure what I should do anymore, I honestly did think she was attracted to me, but after some of the things she has said since her roommate's relationship ended, my mind is filled with doubt.
Any opinions or advice you have would be appreciated. I've never been in a situation like this before, I've never felt this way about anyone before, and I honestly never thought age would be an issue for me.
