So I (23f) just this past week started seeing a guy who is 30. He just turned 30 in March, I will be turning 24 in September. I am normally wary of this sort of thing but we met in real life at a shared activity group that we both have other friends in, and I approached him first (just to chat and be nice, also didn't know he was 30, but we got on really well). We talked for hours and ended up sort of on a little date last Sunday, the day we first really got to talking, and I had a lovely time; saw him again briefly on Wednesday (in a group); and then on Friday we were out with friends from our group, talked for hours after everyone left again, discovered we had even more in common than we knew etc, and basically I ended up back at his place, slept over etc. We were also texting all week in between seeing each other.
I've been having a really lovely time talking to him, the sex was good, we have so much in common, and he is polite and gentlemanly and whatever. I know he is slightly bothered by the age difference. I don't mind it, he's really not that much older than me! None of my friends think so, and I wouldn't normally talk to my parents about my relationships especially this early, but because he's 30 I asked if they thought that age gap was fine and they both said yes. I tried to reassure him and the best thing I could come up with, which I think really puts it in perspective, is that when he was my age (24), I was 18! That didn't really seem to do it for him. Didn't tell him that when I was 18 I was sleeping with 21 and 22 year olds, but I was. Might have to bring it up eventually haha. Haven't done the age gap thing since I was 18 or 19, though. This is not typical for either of us. I am the youngest person he's ever been with, and he's the oldest person I've ever been with.
I really like him so far, and I would be really disappointed to not get a chance to actually see how this might go. Basically, I'm asking what I can do or say to reassure him that he is not too old for me. It's only 6 years, and I'm a grown woman. I've lived on my own, paid my own bills, been in relationships, etc. I'm getting a little ahead of myself worrying, there's no sign of that happening so far, but it's only been a week so you never know.
TLDR; 23f seeing 30m, worried that he might end things prematurely over a 6 year age gap and wondering how to reassure him that it is really fine.