i met a girl online who is really cool -- likes the same music, is well-read, is a budding activist, can carry on intellectual converstation...she's also a budding tranniboi...& kinda cute.
but she's 17. she's still in high school. i work with girls at the mental hospital who are 17. my little sister is 15. i don't want to be ageist, but the girl lives with her parents & still has a year of high school to finish. i'm 24 & about to go to graduate school for my Masters.
i hung out with her yesterday. i think she was nervous, so i don't know what she's like when she's just being herself. she oozed some kind of naivete that i couldn't quite put my finger on. it's trapped in her gestures, her awkward way of being. but she's kind of charming & very obviously worships me.
when i was leaving, she tried to kiss me. for a second, i let her. then i pulled away & got in my car. her lips were soft.
then she called me later the same day when she was babysitting. & then she called me today during her lunch period. i worry that she's somehow already obsessed, even though i already told her i'm only willing to be friends. i told her maybe after she's in college we could hook up.
...then it wouldn't seem as weird. because she won't be living with her parents & going to high school...online flirting is one thing...but i don't thing she's strong enough or experienced enough with people to handle a grrrl like me.
i feel strange. i like the attention, but i don't think i can entertain a 17 year old. i'll eat her heart. i already feel bad. & a little sad for her.
any serious/useful advice?
but she's 17. she's still in high school. i work with girls at the mental hospital who are 17. my little sister is 15. i don't want to be ageist, but the girl lives with her parents & still has a year of high school to finish. i'm 24 & about to go to graduate school for my Masters.
i hung out with her yesterday. i think she was nervous, so i don't know what she's like when she's just being herself. she oozed some kind of naivete that i couldn't quite put my finger on. it's trapped in her gestures, her awkward way of being. but she's kind of charming & very obviously worships me.
when i was leaving, she tried to kiss me. for a second, i let her. then i pulled away & got in my car. her lips were soft.
then she called me later the same day when she was babysitting. & then she called me today during her lunch period. i worry that she's somehow already obsessed, even though i already told her i'm only willing to be friends. i told her maybe after she's in college we could hook up.
...then it wouldn't seem as weird. because she won't be living with her parents & going to high school...online flirting is one thing...but i don't thing she's strong enough or experienced enough with people to handle a grrrl like me.
i feel strange. i like the attention, but i don't think i can entertain a 17 year old. i'll eat her heart. i already feel bad. & a little sad for her.
any serious/useful advice?
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[Edited on Mar 17, 2005 10:18PM]