Hello and thanks for stopping by; it means a lot. So first off, I'm a 17 year old guy that works as a cashier at a grocery store (Name must be with held for obvious reasons) in NY. I have worked there months now and recently the managers hired her; a new bagger. For anonymity again, we will call her Jessica. As she passed her training phase, I began to notice that she was staring at me a LOT. During times when there was nobody to serve we would talk a lot. We began to get closer and closer, which really brought me out of my anti-social box. If you had met me months ago, you would have believed we were two different people. (Meeting this girl has changed my social life overnight.) So anyways, we had lunch together during break and got to know each other very well. (Haven't kissed yet) This level of fondness has increased these past weeks to the point where my managers have begun gossiping with my friends about our relationship. Now here is my predicament: I really do love her but I'm not sure we could date because my parents wouldn't want it. So I have two options: if faced with the question about dating from Jessica should I say things would not work out (might read it as dumping) or just keep going and maybe do secretive dating? What should I do?