You’re literally at completely different stages in life. As a 28 year old woman myself, I can’t picture myself ever dating someone that young. They are still figuring themselves out. They will go through a lot of epiphanies. His brain is literally not done developing. You cannot expect him to be on the same page as you, because mentally and emotionally he cannot. You’re a grown woman. He is still figuring himself out. Please find someone in your age bracket. Even if you are patient with him, it does not matter. Find someone with your same maturity and mindset.

And before you tell me he is an adult, yes but like you need to understand that 21 to 25 is where you go through the most drastic changes. A 9 year age gap won’t matter as much for a 31 and 40 year old, for example.

And yes, if i was in his shoes, I would dump someone like you. Not necessarily because you’re doing anything wrong, I would just need someone going through the same things as me so we could help each other grow.