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Hey guys. I'm taking a class at a community college this summer and I met a girl who I've been talking to for a few weeks now. She's a transient student from a state school and just graduated high school, meanwhile I'm entering my senior year of high school this Fall. My age hasn't seemed to pose any barriers, and she claims to believe that I'm physically attractive. However, my lackluster flirting (pretty much non-existent, actually) has made sure that she addresses me as no more than a friend. She talks about her prospective dates and she asks me for advice with them so yeah ¯_(ツ)_/¯ safe to say I blew it. Even so, I would feel irresolute if I didn't at least tell her what I'm feeling. Assuming the worst, there's only 4 more meetings for the class including the final, so the awkwardness could be tolerated for a few days. Would it be a good idea to tell her or should I just move on out?

I'll be 17 this August, tbh I've never had a girlfriend but I did come to realize I was just looking in the wrong age group, my age. The girls my age where I live are immature, shallow, and only want good looks, money, drugs, alcohol and sex and I have ok looks but it's my money, I'm drug and alcohol free, and my body is not their toy. One of my friends who's 17 has a girlfriend who's 28 and he said I should try dating girls in their 20s. Is it weird for me to do that? Before you ask, yes I meant what I said about being uninterested in casual or first date sex.