It sounds like you have been advised/ told to get over this older person. The point is do you?
Try listing the reasons why you want to continue and then the reasons that you should "get over it" as you put it.
Now put all the reasons into one same list in order of most important first. Make sure you think properly about all the reasons in your list before deciding on a final order.
When you have decided on a final order, highlight the reasons that you would have to go against and think about the consecuences of doing this.
See what out weighs what and then go with that.
DD