15 and 22 is not as straight forward as people seem to think. On the one hand she is a child and you are an adult but on the other hand you'll still have so much in common and get on as thought you are both the same age.</p> The problem is mainly her family and society in general. They wont take kindly to you trying to get with her because they will assume you will hurt her, and to a degree it is true, you will. Maybe you wont deliberatly but you will want things that she cant, and i dont just mean sex. You will want to go out with the lads on a saturday night and she cant come with you, thats not your fault or hers but she will sometimes feel that its because you either dont want her there or you think she is just a kid.</p> The best advice I can give to you is to be close friends with her for a while, get close to her as friends and let her family see that you respect her as a person and that the relationship/friendship you have together isnt built on sex but on things you have in common. Don't try to take the friendship to a relationship yet (or back out if you already have) and wait till she is 16. Even at 16 and 23 the family wont be happy but because you'll have shown that you respect her as a friend etc they will be more likely to give you their blessing.</p> Most important thing is that if you really do care about her or love her then dont do anything now that can ruin things for the future, is one year (at the most) so long to wait to be with her forever?</p>
