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Personally it's weird for me. To the point of it being creepy. I am turning 22 this year and I can't imagine dating someone who's only 16. Maybe I am biased due to the fact that I work with minors, most of the kids are under 12 years old BUT some of them are up to 18 years of age, so I look at it as being highly inappropriate from that point of view. Not to mention that you guys SHOULD be in 2 different stages of life. You're still a kid (teenager if calling you a kid is offensive). He's an adult. I kind of have to wonder what his interest is? Is he just immature or whats the deal? I'm not trying to dis him OR you. I'm just attempting to outline some of the reasons why I personally would question it.

Now I have seen plenty of people who end up with an age gap in their relationship and it's fine. Hell, my friend got married at 19 to a guy who was 26 (they dated for about a year beforehand). And if you were 18, I don't think I'd question this quite as much. But even though I've been trained to find it highly inappropriate from a professional point of view as well as a legal (statutory rape laws for example) I would still be highly wary and ask why he is interested in someone who is *supposed* to be in a different stage of life. Maybe it's nothing, maybe it's fine, I would personally have concerns.