#age gap stuff

When I was sixteen, I developed a crush on a young man of twenty two, we did community theatre together and he introduced me to playing Dungeons and Dragons (which I did in secret since my mother was concerned with me being around older men, no one in the group was younger than twenty one and now I feel bad making her worry about me like that knowing what men are capable of)

After some awkward chasing and pining, he and I initiated a relationship that we kept secret, our DnD group knew and some of my friends but that was about it. Or so I thought, turns out my mother knew but she was aware I wasn't sexually active so she let me learn the hard way since I ignored her warnings. The relationship went on for months and it never went past some kisses and holding hands and playing games together, but he got a bit...weird. 

He knew about my issues with my dad and took it to be a role model to me, a male role model, in essence, a father figure. This was where I ended it, because I didn't want him to act like my dad, I did find without my dad around, and I knew that was creepy. I ended things and he tried to stop me and insist I had no idea what I was doing, and thankfully my uncle cottoned on and took me home. 

I didn't speak to my ex for years...until recently. I contacted him on facebook and we both discussed what happened, and that what we did was wrong, that I was too young and that he should have been more responsible. We're actually on better terms now and that makes me feel a bit better.

I'm grateful things never went sexual or perhaps they might have gone south, considering the only person I ever had a sexual encounter with is someone I despise for (surprise) manipulating/trapping/trying to intoxicate me and I was too afraid to say no. 

Aaaaanyway, thats my two cents.