Professor/Student (former student) Relationship

Last semester, I had two classes with an amazingly gorgeous lesbian professor. It’s been months since I’ve seen her, and I cannot for the life of me stop thinking about her. We both had a mad mutual attraction for one another, but because of the policy against student/professor relationships, neither one of us made a move. She’s worked her ass off for years to get to where she is, and I have since avoided taking any of her classes just because my feelings for her are so strong, I would not want to put her career in jeopardy if other students were to pick up on it or catch us in our “staring sessions.”

It all started in Week 3 of the semester when one day I asked her a question, and she looked down at me only to answer in a lower sexier tone that I haven’t heard her use with other students. After that I began to wonder if she was attracted to me, until one day when we held each others gaze and that pretty much confirmed it. She was sitting across from the student sitting right next to me, and I was looking down at my notes, when I looked up I caught her staring at me. I held her gaze for a good 5 seconds without blinking and she flinched first, quickly looking away at my classmate. It was an “Oh shit! She totally caught me staring” look on her face. The sexual tension between us in the classroom became very thick immediately after that. I also noticed she started dressing up and her wardrobe changed from flip-flops and khaki pants to high heels and designer dresses. Lord...I just about lost my mind when she would play with her necklace and smile at me with her head tilted. When talking directly to each other our eyes were always out of control and constantly scanning each others faces moving from eyes to lips and back. I purposely avoided her office hours because if we were left alone, there would be a great chance of our feelings for one another being up for discussion and things would most likely develop from there. We are both single and there is a 10 year age difference.

I know that I have to wait to be out of the University before pursuing anything with her, but is this still a bad idea? I don’t care if it’s frowned upon... I am just concerned if there are any legal repercussions for dating a former student. Even if I’ve graduated could she feel any ramifications for dating a former student? The wait is so excruciating.. but she is definitely worth it.

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Thank you very much for your advice. I will definitely take all of this into consideration. Its just the damn waiting to "pounce" lol.