>>40378499
I get you, but when I was in college I had plenty of friends who were 25+. and at 25-29 I had a number of college age friends I hung out with regularly. hell, I had friends in their mid 20s when I was in high school and no one considered it particularly weird at the time

now if you *only* hang out around people much younger than you or have a history of making advances on them, then yeah, that's weird. and as a parent, her dad has a right to be wary of you being that kind of person if he doesn't know you. but also she's 20 and can make her own decisions, it's ridiculous that she's "in trouble" with her dad over something like that

for the career thing, I was in the same spot at 25 and eventually got it together (via a reference from a friend I made in college who's 6 years older than me, funny how that goes). everyone moves at different speeds in life. I have friends who landed 6 figure jobs straight out of college, and their lives seem incredibly dull and 100% centered around their jobs, and missed out on so many experiences that I value deeply in pursuit of that life. it's always okay to go out late and do cool things and explore, anyone who tells you you can get too old for things like that leads a boring life and wants to enforce that on the rest of the world

you'll find the path meant for you in your own time, good luck anon