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What to do in my situation?
As I sit here and break my two year absence from being a contributor to TFP, I find myself 27 (almost 28) single and going back to school in the fall. I have recently just left the Army after four years of service. When I joined, I was 23 and had a fairly "normal" dating life, as I was a tad immature and for the most part, that fit the bill.
However, I now find myself feeling physically 23 still, but emotionally and philosophically much much older. I can no longer relate to the 20 somethings (and late teens) that I'll be sitting in class with. I aged so much philosophically and gained such a great understanding for life during my time in Iraq, that I have a difficult time relating to even friends my age.
So this is my question. I believe I have a dilemma on my hand on how to act in my situation. Will I be able to fit in? I haven't had a date in my entire time in the Army, and frankly it's about as foreign to me know as the military was before I joined. Will it seem weird that an "older" guy such as myself, living off campus, commuting to campus, show interest or even ask out fellow classmates? Should I just forgo this option and try to hit up online dating sites and try to find "older" women?
I find it ironic that I'm having these jitters as I normally don't care what other people think, although that worked well in the Army, I don't think it'll work well in a more liberal social environment.
Sorry if this is all jumpy, I haven't really gathered all my thoughts together and wanted to put it down (on the proverbial 'paper') before the thought was gone.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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