age gap, need advice
I need moral and reasonable opinions on my age gap, it’s 2.5 years. i’m currently 20 and she’s 17 going to then 18 in july. I don’t personally see an issue, we’ve dated in highschool aswell when i was 17 and she was 15 and there was no issues. However I feel like my friends would look down on me for this, i get nervous to bring them around her in case her age gets brought up which seems ridiculous and like i’m doing something wrong, but i just have anxiety about other people’s opinions especially since i was bullied a bit in highschool for the age gap.
The main people that give me faith that this isn’t something morally wrong, is the fact that her parents approve, mine do, and my therapist constantly tells me there’s nothing wrong with the age gap. Which I do trust her. But at the same time people see it different ways, it’s creating a ton of anxiety and stress, I have to go to her highschool graduation and I graduated 2 years ago, feels kind of weird, i don’t know. I don’t want to see old peers or teachers there as I’m anxious for them to see me with her and form an opinion. Again I don’t see anything wrong and I don’t feel like we are on two different maturity levels, she relates to me a lot and understands me, I forget about her age all the time. That being said if the age gap is morally wrong then that doesn’t matter. I’m rambling but please anybody’s opinions help.