>>3 Well your soul searching has already begun. Love comes in many forms as they say it.
Meeting in real life hmm well. There is the context of the dream I'd need to know. But from my knowledge so far of this, I could say that you're reaching the climax/conclusion of this very soon. In other words you're going to come to terms with him. But I wouldn't justify it'll turn out like the dream shows, it could even be the opposite but I'm not one to say it yet. In regards to him being older than you hmmm I know where you're coming from. On the internet, even a 1 year age gap is considered big. That's pretty unreasonable seeing you can't even tell in the real world.
I'm guessing you guys have never gotten on cam? I'd start with that and which ever turn it takes, it'll most likely be for the better.