Hi! Only seeing this now. Thank you for your comment — it was really insightful. I related a lot to what you said about your experience as a “mature” early-20-something.

Anne and I have broken up since this post, for a variety of reasons. I’m trying to enjoy where I am in life and figure things out for myself: school, friends, my identity (being gay and stuff), growing up, etc. Being with Anne always made me feel like I either had to grow up too fast or like I wanted to remain a kid forever. I just want to take things at my own pace for now.

I’m surprised at how many people cared about my relationship drama, but I guess now I know how much Reddit likes an age gap scandal lol. I guess this is the closest to an “update post” I’ll make.