Age gap and people's opinion
I 19M am dating 17F, we've been dating for about 6 months now. Me and her have been friends for about 4 years, and we just started to gain feelings for one another. Although our relationship is great, I really struggle with our age gap. We have an age gap of 2 years and 5 months. I feel like so many people is not okay with this big of an age gap. I really mean no harm whatsoever to her, she's a great friend of mine back then and is now a great girlfriend. Both her parents and my parents are okay with it, she's met my parents and I've met hers. And although my friends all support me saying that it's really not big of an age gap at all, I just can't help but to feel like a creep when I read comments from social media. My friends keep comforting me, but I can never get it out of my mind. I've even mentioned it to her and she too reassures me that I am nowhere close to being a creep, a predator, or all the names. But, I just really can't seem to get the fact that people not agreeing with it out of my mind. I always try to improve as a human being and as a person, and I feel so fucking shit to be doing something society don't approve of. Now I feel that if I break up with her, I've just hurt such an innocent soul, and if I don't I'm a creep. But even if I do, it doesn't take away the fact that I already did it. I really need advice. The guilt is taking over me so bad for so long.
**TL;DR;** : Dating someone 2 years and a half younger than me. Friends and parents all support, but I know that a lot of people don't. The guilt is eating me alive.