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I’m 24 and accidentally dated an 18-year-old—should I end it?

Hello,

So basically, I recently went on a date with this one girl. I met this girl at the mall. She was walking past me on the other side of the mall and I looked back and she was already looking back at me and she smiled at me. I decided to approach her because I thought she was attractive. We ended up exchanging contact info and we talked online and on the phone.

We then went on 2 dates. We kissed after the first date. We didn't talk about our age until our 2nd date. I told her I was a veteran from the air force and she acted surprised because she thought I was closer to her age (18-20). I've met a lot of people who thought I was in that age group and they think I look young, but I'm actually 24. She then told me that she is 18 and I was drinking water when she told me and I almost spat my water out. I told her my age and she didn't react negatively to it.

All of my friends who are around my age gap, have told me that dating 18-20 year olds is like crazy. So her telling me this and after kissing her is kind of crazy. All of my friends would tell me that this is gross. I then told her that I almost spat my water out because it went down the wrong hole.

I recently told one of my friends this situation from high school and he's 25. He told me that this is gross.

We are still talking and she actually wants to go on a third date and she wants to hangout at her place, but I'm not really sure what to do. This feels wrong but not like a grave mistake.

Like when I was her age, she was 12. She told me that she recently graduated high school. And doesn't turn 19 until January. Like we do get along and we talk a lot. To put this into perspective, she was the first ever girl I kissed and dated and actually had a talking stage with.
I’m 24 and accidentally dated an 18-year-old—should I end it?
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