The office where I drop of my rent check is in a complex a couple blocks away from here. I decided to just walk there for a little extra exercise today. Between my place and the office is an elementary and a high school. I was walking to the office at the same time a lot of high school kids were still wandering around. Next to me was this cute blonde, I assumed she was a high school student so I didn't approach her. I don't want to appear to be a pedophile or a dirty old man or something. So I ignore her and I basically unintentionally followed her to the front office at this other apartment complex.
When I got there I noticed she stopped by the mailboxes to check her mail. I thought to myself that is is kinda unusual for a high school student to be living here by herself so I finally decided to start talking to her, say I didn't know you live here, etc. Turns out she is an elementary school teacher and is 24 years old! At least she took it as a compliment that I thought she was a student.
This is another reason I am afraid of cold approaches, I am so terrible about judging exact ages that I am not sure if anyone who appears to be still in their 20's is underage or not. What if it was the other way around, I thought she was a legal adult and approached her and she turned out to be 17 and got creeped out, than I get arrested for being a pedophile or her dad comes over and kicks my you know what, or worse I sleep with her and then find out after the fact she was not 18?
When I got there I noticed she stopped by the mailboxes to check her mail. I thought to myself that is is kinda unusual for a high school student to be living here by herself so I finally decided to start talking to her, say I didn't know you live here, etc. Turns out she is an elementary school teacher and is 24 years old! At least she took it as a compliment that I thought she was a student.
This is another reason I am afraid of cold approaches, I am so terrible about judging exact ages that I am not sure if anyone who appears to be still in their 20's is underage or not. What if it was the other way around, I thought she was a legal adult and approached her and she turned out to be 17 and got creeped out, than I get arrested for being a pedophile or her dad comes over and kicks my you know what, or worse I sleep with her and then find out after the fact she was not 18?