ChinaSparrow

Hello everyone. Thanks for your thoughts. We are still together and it's been nearly five months, and... my parents still don't know. It's getting really hard to keep it a secret! Are there any parents out there with an opinion? i don't know how to go about telling them. Also his sons don't know and i think they'll be pretty cheesed too. what a mess eh? the things we do for love!

He and i are not really archetypical of our ages. We have lots of interests in common such as theatre, film, music etc. The whole relationship was based on an intellectual connection, and i think that it's because of that that i would alwyas love him, regardless of age. We enjoy talking about literature, music genres that my other peers consider boring or dated, and we both just seem to have a similar outlook on life. We go out to beautiful dinners, we see films together, and sometimes just for walks. Believe me i worry sometimes that i will eventually bore him- he's got a degree (amongst others) in linguistics! i feel so uneduacated and dull! I suppose i'll have to get over that- anyway, there are many factors to consider, and my main worry is that society will crucify him when they see us as a couple. They will see him as a predator, and that's not the case at all. Would you think that if you saw a couple like us together? I love him so much though, and we really make each toher happy.

I know it sounds extreme, but we are totally in love. I was his student when i was matriculating at yr 12 (3 years ago) and we kept in touch. We have fallen in love but i am so afraid of what my family would do when they find out about us. I don't know how to tell them, or how to handle the situation. I think that in an ideal world love should conquer all and age shouldn't matter any more than race or sex but in society it seems to. What should i do? any advice people?