I’m 37 and I fell in love with him he’s only 24 :( :(

I never thought this would ever happen to me. I tried to date men my age strictly as I want a meaningful connection. I met this guy and thought we are just friends. I learnt he is only 24 but seems very mature for his age. We had such an amazing connection it never happened to me before. We understand each other even without any words. I have feelings for him, he is very different with substance, smart, he feels strong connection with me too. He said age doesn’t matter to him. At first I tried no stay friends with him but the connection an the we had was something that was hard to resist. I’m do confused and think I’m out of my mind. I don’t know what to expect from this relationship, because of the hugeage difference , but I feel so good when I’m with him, never felt like this before. I’m confused on what should i do? Should I just stop developing this relationship which most likely won’t take us far, or maybe I should Ignore the fact of our age difference just stay with him and not to care about the age... ough such a difference situation. Any advice, any thoughts? Thanks