Dear Panel,

I am in a non-committed long distant relationship and have the opportunity to date someone here who has the same interests, etc. After meeting him in a coffee shop that we both frequent, we eventually began talking and then exchanged telephone #'s recently.

I am very attracted to him. Unforuntately he's 6 years younger than I am, but very mature for his age. (I'm 30 and he's 24.) I've never gone out with someone that much younger. Do you think that an older woman/younger man relationship could work? I may be thinking too far ahead on this one. Just curious and need opinions.

-- a-runner