I’m Meeting a Man Off Discord. Should I Do It?

(Anonymous Post Series)

I told myself this year I actually need to go on a date. I can’t be 25 and still saying I’ve never been on one. I want to live a little and actually put myself out there this year.

As the oldest daughter, my mom has also been nagging me for a while about getting to know someone, which honestly adds a little pressure.

A few weeks ago, right before Ramadan, I met a guy on Discord. He’s from San Diego and we started talking pretty casually. Since then we’ve voice called a few times. We even shared our faces and honestly I was attracted.

He’s a nice guy, easy to talk to, but at the end of the day he’s still technically a stranger I met on Discord.

Recently he mentioned that he’s coming to Minnesota on April 1st for a week because his cousin is getting married here.

When he told me that, he joked that since he’s already going to be here we should go on my first date while he’s in town. I kind of laughed it off, but now the idea is sitting in my head.

We called again recently and he said he wasn’t joking and that he genuinely wants to take me out.

I didn’t agree yet, but the embarrassing part is I’m already adding a few things to my shopping cart that I could possibly wear.

I keep asking myself if I really want my first ever date to be with someone I met on Discord.

We’ve only been talking for a few weeks, but we’ve voice called multiple times and we’ve both seen each other’s faces. I feel a little desperate for this experience. He’s a year older than me and he doesn’t seem like someone I should be alarmed by.

I’m starting to believe that desperate times really do call for desperate measures.