20, 56. previous teacher/student in college.

I am a 20 year old woman who is more mature than an average 20 year old. I've been on my own since half way through high school. I currently am going to college for my bachelors in anthropology wanting to become a forensic anfhropologist. I also am on the college track team. He is 56, but he'll be turning 57 this saturday. We met at a coffee shop. he asked me about BYU since I was wearing a BYU sweatshirt. We sat and talked, and honestly... I loved it. I felt so comfortable and at ease. Months went by and I put it in the back of my mind.

Fall term came and I signed for a history class... Walk into class and he was the professor. It never came up in conversation where he taught or even that he taught or where I went to school. Neither one of us said anything to the other. I didn't even think he remembered me. Half way through the term I ended up in the hospital due to an extreme case of influenza and another virus in my throat. However the first night I came down with it I stayed up and wrote a 7 page paper for his history class while I had a fever and was puking. The next day even though it was midterms my roommate forced me to stay home and turned my paper in for me. I got worse and ended up in the hospital. I came back after i was better and went to see him in his office. He gave me the test then i took it. After I handed it in he asked if I remembered him, and I was honest and replied yes. He asked me how I was feeling and the conversation took off from there. We talked for about two hours in his office. It was so easy. I told him about how a girl who was like my big sister had been abducted, raped, and murdered and how the day before was her birthday. He was completely understanding about not just that, but other things going on in my life.

He emailed me my grade on the test. B+. And no my grade was not affected. It was a multiple choice test. And frankly a B is not a good grade for me.

We emailed back and forth just talking for a few hours then he said that he'd email me once the term was over. The term went on we didn't talk.

Term ended. He emailed a few days later have grades had been entered. We started emailing back and forth. I don't know how to explain our conversations, but honestly I felt and still feel like I can tell him anything. And he feels the same as I.

I did not take any classes from him during winter term and will not be during spring term or any other term for that matter. We both like each other, and it has nothing to do with a physical connection.

I went to his hockey game and afterwards he kissed me when he walked me to my car. It felt right... We stared going in hikes and going to coffee together. He sends me emails every morning saying good morning and every night saying good night. He opens the door for me. He tells me such amazing stories about his experiences, and he listens to my own experiences. We can simply sit quietly in a room reading together or also talk non stop about anything really.

I think I may be falling for him... He says his feelings grow for me. I don't know whether falling for him is a good thing or not though. His age doesn't matter to me. I adore him. And I'm not in it for his money, he's a part time college professor. I'm unsure of how to proceed... I just wanted some opinions from people who understand about age difference. When we're together I honestly don't feel the age difference.