Is he genuine?

There is this guy and I have been talking to him for seven months now. We even ran into eachother in the city and spent around 45 minutes with eachother. Not long, but it was shocking. We talk on the phone all the time, he’s always calling me and he’s found out my age, I am 17. He is 23. He’s talked to his friends about it and he’s so open with me, and he told me that this is what he’s always wanted in friendship, just to be able to talk about anything. The thing is I am like this with all people I know…I am very open and will not judge. I have friends his age and younger and even older, and I am open and confident and love talking to people.

He’s made it clear what his motives are, and that is to date me. I have told him I am uncomfortable and if I was to ever date him it would be when I am at least 18 if not older. And yet, he still seems persistant. Almost like he is motivated to wait, and on top of it, when he met me in the city? I found out that before I had told him I was going to see a parade, and he came specifically to see if he could see me. That’s like…dedication, but the thing is…I have never been in a relationship! I’m not even good with them, or been in one with someone my own age, or, let alone…have much experience with them. HECK, I haven’t even beeen asked out properly by someone I really know!! And I feel like he is getting ahead of himself, and he’s told me that he thinks he’s getting ahead of himself, but I make him so happy that he’s just glad he’s got to know me.

I don’t know if this is someone I want to enter a relationship with, I think I’ve made that clear to him. I don’t know if I want to date when I am fresh out of highschool and I don’t know if I can go on with this assuming that we’ll be together in the end…which is strange because all the forces have put us together. For the first 5 months of him talking to me I pushed him away and was cold and rude and bitter.

And now, regardless of everything I’ve told him, that I’m uncomfortable, that I don’t know if this is what I want, that I’m too young, that he’s in school, that society frowns upon it, that it’s going to be one heck of a wait to see if anything works out? You know what he says? he says “I completely agree with you.Everything is going to be fine.” and then just goes on his merry way chatting like we are friends. And we are friends, but I’m just so confused now!! Is he genuine? ALL my guy friends say they would NEVER go this far just to have a chnace with a girl!!

What’s happening!?!