My mom was yelling at me today because I went out with a 22 year old last night. "Do you honestly think you can keep up with their expectations?"

Look. In all honesty, if I've learned anything from all of my experiences, it's that you need to set your own expectations. They don't get to set them for you. You get to do what you want with them, say what you want to them, etc. Just because they're older than you doesn't mean anything. I've gone out with respectful older guys and terribly disrespectful and aggressive "younger guys" or guys my age. It really doesn't have much to do with age. I'm sick of seeing girls being warned about expectations when, instead, we should be teaching our daughters to set our OWN expectations. It's a travesty, really. Do what YOU want. No one's setting expectations for you unless you abide by them.