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Ok_Stranger_4713

Always afraid friends don't really like me and overanalyze looking for signs.

Right now its this guy I met online a few years ago in a gaming group. I took an interest in his favorite NHL team a little over a year ago. We ended up watching all of this teams games together over discord voice chat. So we've regularly been on discord voice calls with each other several times a week.

He lives about 40 minutes outside the city of the team we like is based in. Before the new season started, I asked him if I took a plane to that city if he would go with me to a game and he said yes. Not only did he say yes but he said he'd show me around the city, go to his favorite restaurants and take me to a shooting range. He offered to let me stay the night at his house. I mentioned using public transit and he was like "I'm not going to let you ride that, I'll drive you around." I thought he'd only meet up to go to a game with me but he suggested doing multiple days worth of stuff. He also said he wanted to come visit me next year. I was surprised by all of this. As soon as tickets went on sale in September for the new season, we bought tickets for a game in January.

The trip happened a month ago. I was worried the whole time leading up to the trip that he wouldn't like me as much in person. We realized that there was a game being played an hour after my plane arrived. He suggested we go. He picked me up from the airport when I arrived and drove straight to the arena. We made it just in time and our team won. I was relieved that hanging out in person felt just as good as online. I stayed in a hotel in the city for the first two nights so I'd have more time to explore the city. He drove back to to the city each morning to meet up with me and hang out for the day. After the game we originally bought tickets for ended, I went with him back to his town and stayed overnight at his for the last two nights. We went to a shooting range as planned. On the way there I told him I wanted to see more games and asked if he would do this with me again and he was like "yeah man". In the morning before he drove me to the airport he suggested ideas of things to do "next time".

I tried to pay him for gas for all of the driving he did and for the ammunition we used at the gun range but he refused. He also bought my ticket for the first game we went to. He wouldn't take money for it either, calling it my "arrival gift".

Even after all he's done, I often have moments where I worry that he doesn't actually like me. I'll overanalyze things, looking for signs that he secretly dislikes me. I mostly do this when we are apart but then feel good again about the friendship the next time we are hanging out.

A few months ago he got me into an mmo that he plays and invited me to the clan he is in. We haven't played it much because we spend so much time watching hockey. Since NHL is on break because of the Olympics I suggested getting some sessions in. We played a week ago. He sent me a hockey meme yesterday and I sent him a text back asking if he wouldn't to play again but he said "I'm not going to be on tonight". I decided to play myself and I noticed he left our clan a week ago. I kept thinking "why?" and "is he going to invite me to the new clan?". I'm mostly playing this game and was part of that clan because he invited me. I know its probably nothing. It seems like there normally isn't anyone from the clan is logged on. He probably just wanted to do a clan activity and there wasn't anyone on. I want to ask him about it but don't know if he would think its weird I noticed.

Posted Feb 22, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC

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