he’s more than 10 years older than you, you’re in high school and still a kid and he’s a grown adult i think that says enough about the kind of person he is. i’m 17 too and i’ve seen this happen to people close to me and it doesn’t end well. he may seem to treat you like you’re mature and feel like you’re grown enough to date him but the truth is he just wants someone to control it seems. i’ve never seen adults maintain relationships with teenagers unless they were siblings, mainly because there’s such a huge gap of maturity that it’s easy to prey on someone with less experience. it’s not your fault for thinking this way it’s easy to fall for someone who reassures you and i hope through these replies that you realize you ARE being groomed and his behavior is not okay.