Im 16 he's 22

Chantel
I'm 16 and my boyfriend is 22.  We were tinder matches and when we first started talking and he found out I was 16 he told me he'd never have the same feelings I would for him and we would never be able to be a couple.  It broke my heart knowing that so I deleted his number and stopped talking to him.  One day I got this text saying sorry and it was him; he said he needed to tell me something and I said sure whatever you need to tell me I'm here to listen, he told me w regretted saying that he'd never have the same feelings because he liked me a lot and that he's understand if I didn't like him in that way. At first all I said was "I told you so" then after a bit I said I felt the same way. He came out to go fishing (4.5 hour distance between us) and we hung out my mom met him and liked him and soon after we started dating. ❤️  What does everyone think about this age gap?