Curses.

I turn 18 in 15 days. It can't come soon enough.

I have this curse. It includes old men liking me. And, me liking old men.

Now let me explain myself. There is two parts to this. When I say old, I should say older. I am talking like post mission, going some where with their life and actually on the same maturity level as me- old. Not like- gray hair, smell like mothballs, uses a walker-old. I have always been attracted to men several years older than me. Now this seems semi normal, until I explain the other part.

Old men like me. Now this old doesn't have an age limit. I have always been mistaken for many years older than my age. On average I get told I look like I am twenty five. Now this doesn't help my curse, at all. I have had fifty-year-old men wink and hit on me. (Stories... many stories to come.) Creepy. But that is just it, any one that is openly interested is usually more towards stalker and creep then cute and relatively normal. This is where part of the problem presents itself.

The other part of the problem comes with a little younger age group. Any one that ever expresses interest, it usual ends up that its illegal for me to date them.

{Cue cute guy that is a few years older than me}

Spicy man: Hi... 

Me: Oh hello... 

{Insert some flirting and lots of smiles}

Spicy Man: So how old are you? 

{AWKWARD}

Me: Um... I am seventeen...

Spicy-no longer interested-boy: ....

This happens all the time! But, good news is, only fifteen days left, and my response can be eighteen. And then it will be legal to date older men.  I can then avoid underage comments and be taken somewhat seriously.

I am stoked!