So pretty much I'm (24M) someone that grew up travelling a lot. 15 years here, 2 year there, 5 years there now been in a new place for 2 years so far. Committing to relationships has been very difficult because of uncertainties of travelling and permit stuff. It's been very difficult finding reliable happiness in someone. Still early stuff but since I'm close to my dad I tell him "hey I have a special friend." He proceeds to ask how she is and she is 2 years older than me so my dad proceeds to shut it down without hearing anything else about her saying I shouldn't think marriage with her because "women reason a lot older than men their age". Apparently because of a bad experience he had and stuff his dad told him. I'm very confused how this is a problem cause people are different. For me it's all about growth, even if someone may be further ahead than me, I'm always ready to learn from them. And now this glimmer of happiness feels like its been rejected by my own father. I cried afterwards but didn't even why I felt so hollow.

I know people here go through really difficult things in life and mine just seem trivial but I'm just so sad and have no friends I would want to speak to about this.