I’m finally getting attention from a boy my age and I kind of hate it

Hi, I’m a 17 year old girl. Growing up, I’ve always been very insecure of my appearance. I’m not really attractive, especially not compared to other girls my age, and I’ve accepted that for the most part, although I do get jealous sometimes because I’ve never had a boyfriend before.

Well earlier this year, I started talking to a boy who I thought was pretty cute. He’s tall, curly dark hair, glasses, he’s basically my type. He was very nice and we exchanged Discord accounts to keep in touch over the summer.

Over these past few months, he’s been very… forward? He calls me pretty, beautiful, gorgeous a lot, which I wouldn’t mind normally, but it’s making me feel weird because I’ve NEVER been called that by someone who wasn’t a female friend or family member. A lot of pet names too, which I feel like are normally reserved for somebody that you’re dating. He’s acting like we’re already in a relationship when we only met in June!

It’s weird because my whole life, I’ve DREAMED of a boy treating me like this, like a girlfriend, but now that it’s actually happening to me, I feel sick. I’ve tried telling him that hey, I don’t like being called this stuff and being talked to like this because he’s not my boyfriend, but he keeps doing it. The worst part though, is that a part of me doesn’t want to block him because I don’t think I’ll ever get this type of attention again. It’s gross, I know.

Advice would be appreciated. I don’t want to tell my mom because she’d probably freak out and cause a scene with him 😭