Is it bad Im falling for someone 5 years younger than me?

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I met this guy at a training day at work and as soon as I saw him, I thought he was really hot but then he mentioned he was 18 and it was a big no, no for me.

We ended up just being really good friends and if anything I tried being like his big stister at first and even tried setting him up with other girls so I could take my mind off him but he told me he wasn't interested in any of those girls and but he already liked a girl. I was super relived as I thought this thing with him and this girl he does like will surely work out because he's stunning inside and out.

I kinda just left it at that and we'd hang out at lunch and such. I'd ask him a little about this girl he liked and how things were going with her and he began to start being quite about it so I thought something bad had happened so I stopped asking.

Then a couple weeks ago we went out for work drinks with some other friends. I told him I needed to get some cash out of the cash machine for the taxi tonight but I didn't want to go out in rain and the dark looking for one by myself. So he came with me. The whole walk we couldn't find a working cash machine so he told me not to worry and that I can get a taxi back with him and I can pay him back my half.

When we're walking back to the pub he starting becoming more flirty with me and gave me his jacket to stay warm and even offered to carry me back to the pub because I was walking slow and had heels on but I tried to set boundaries and said no thanks.

We both had a great night and we ended up going in the taxi together. Mid journey he just came out of no where and kissed me. I was gonna push him off me but before I knew it he began getting more passionate with the kiss and i couldn't control myself anymore. I ended up getting out the taxi with him but nothing happened after that because he lives with his parents still. The next morning his mum and dad were super chill about me being there but they assumed I was 18 too
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I felt so freaked out the next morning. When I woke up next to him he had starwars bedding and I felt like I was in a kids bedroom. I told him but the night before was a mistake and I should have never kissed him back and should know better as I'm a lot older than him. He told me he doesn't care about my age but he really likes me.

My argument is that he's 18 and he should be having fun not trying to settle with someone whose already been there and done that. I he might change his mind about me
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Once he gets older. He needs to grow up a little bit more and figure himself out. I feel like it's the right person but at the wrong time situation. Plus he wouldn't have to deal with the judgment of others as much as me for being with him. A 18 year old dating a older women is seen as cool his peers but my mine I'm seen as a desperate child snatcher
Is it bad Im falling for someone 5 years younger than me?
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