@CCC:
…and my happy news from the other day just went down the shitter.
I was texting the girl who I somehow managed to woo, and it turns out that the reason she was so easy to woo is that she's 17. A junior in high school. Just my damn luck. Of course I should have known that it's a foolhardy thing to think "Oh yeah, this Japanese girl is probably around 20-something." ("Can you please take a seat over here, Mr. CCC?")
It hurt, but of course I had to do the right thing. I mailed her, stating clearly that there really can't be anything romantic between us given her age and the facts that I'm a middle school teacher and that she's still in high school. She replied that she understands, but that she's really sad because no one had ever been that direct in telling her was cute before. I know I did the right thing though. Because that's what responsible adults do... the right thing T_T
Awwwwh… D=
Maybe wait until she's eighteen or out of high school?
You DID do the right thing though.
And besides it was just a day's flirt, no? She'll get over it. And in fact, the fact that you called her cute will help her! She'll get confidence. Once she's gotten over you she'll be a little better because of it.