Dear Queenie,
I met a man at a store where I go shopping a lot and he asked me out. I like him a lot, but he’s 24 and I’m only 17 and when he found out I’m underage he thought I’m a cop and going to arrest him for trying to have sex with me.
Queenie, how can I prove that I’m not the police and he can trust me?—Teenage girlfriend
Dear Girlfriend,
Police officers are older than 17 and this man should know that. It could just be an excuse to break up with you.
Let him go, try to find someone closer to your own age, and if you meet up with this guy a few years from now when the age gap does not matter so much, see what happens.
