And let's face it, most other guys feel the same, they say " oh no that's wrong", but really in truth, they think nothing's wrong with it, they just won't admit it.

Dude ! Really ? Girls are underdeveloped in every way , I can even talk to one for more than 5 minutes without wanting to shoot myself . Women on the other hand ( actual consenting adult women btw) are sexy exciting and fun . Dating girls says more about the man doing it than the confused girl dating him . ( I'm a guy btw )

You say you'd never risk "YOUR" life by getting involved with an underage girl? What about HER life? You willing to risk that? As an adult, your responsibility even when society is not watching is to protect younger people, including high school girls you have a hard on for but who are too young to see that they're playing with fire. She is the one society is worried about. Not you. Grow up.
Beth

A few years isn't a big deal when you're older, but the difference between HS and Uni IS. A few years left in HS means she 15/16. Even the difference between gr. 10 - 12 is huge at that age. It doesn't matter how 'mature' she is. I resent men who don't have the maturity level to date a women his age and take advantage of young girls.

im a man and wouldnt even think about , let alone want to date /screw someone that much younger than myself . I think it says alot about you being insecure around women your own age . let her live her life at her age , ad get some help and find a partner at your age .

Beth, it's more of a risk to the older person in a relationship with an age difference. They face jail or extreme social ostracism.

GSH: When people criticize men who express interest in younger women, I think that reflects their own insecurity about growing older.

DBAC : Your resentment says a lot about you. I hope you will be able to find a loving relationship so you can stop trying to control others' lives. You say I would "take advantage" of her, based solely on our ages. Men and women take advantage of each other at any age. Go to a nightclub: you'll see countless men taking advantage of drunk girls. I'm not like that.
In fact, I have no problems dating women closer to my own age. Women never like to date younger men.. tell me why that might be the case? Would you accuse them of being too "insecure" to be the more mature person in the relationship?

DCO: Not all women are "sexy, exciting and fun", those qualities depend more on the person, not the person's age.

The very fact that you answerd all those responses says you know it's gross and wrong deep down . I like the term creep for you , it's very apt .

Become her teacher...the best is to be her French teacher.
Humbert Humbert

Please move on. Stop thinking about her, don't flirt with her..... don't pretend to be a concerned friend.
Let her just be a teenager, because it's not fair to her, and it wasn't fair to me : (

Okay, I'm wading in here.....

The OP said he knows it's wrong and he'll just wait - I see nothing wrong with that. He's university age but we don't know what that age is - he might be 18 or 19 himself. If he's 18/19 and she's 15/16, what's so creepy about that? I don't get it. Sounds to me like he's going to pine for her and keep his distance.

They used to make romantic movies and write novels about situations like this, so somehow over time has our view of this changed. It was okay 20 years ago but it's not okay now. Sigh.

Anyway - let him pine and carry that unrequited love. The only downside, though, OP, is that she may mature and outgrow you once she's 18....(I'm not saying you're immature, but that she may mature by leaps and bounds.) Best of luck with your unrequited love.