I think it'd be hard to date someone who's my brother's friend even if it was enough years from now that the age difference isn't a thing.
In my mind my brother is still this little kid in overalls with a choo-choo-train on the front carrying a raggedy stuffed bunny almost half his size around everywhere he goes and who runs screaming from butterflies because of that time my sister and I accidentally convinced him they were giant wasps out to eat him. (Look, it's not our fault that young children have trouble with sarcasm.)
His friends are this in my mind by association. I don't think anything can be done about that.












