16 is the age of consent where I'm from. Chewybaca96 and I met when I was 16 and he was 23. It was totally cool with my folks (wacky Europeans, go figure) and there were no legal repercussions unless my folks decided there should be. Good rule. We're still together, living happily together with plans on getting married.
Moral of the story - Age is only a number, but check with your state laws first because they make the rules
Oh, BTW, I forgot to add all the shit I went through because of it. Stupid high school games. He lost some good friends over the whole deal, and I got to figure out who my real friends were.