Having a really hard time letting go of how shitty my first date was and how ‘less than’ I felt?

Advice

I’m a bi guy and just had my first official date with a guy since like 2023. He’s literally the most drop dead beautiful twinkish guy I’ve ever come across and we have so much in common interest-wise (we’re both massive fantasy/scifi/nature geeks). During the actual date though I felt like he was carrying most of the conversation (which he said he doesn’t usually, he’s pretty quiet and reserve) and he was just so far above me in terms of experience (dating-wise, job experience wise, travel/hobby-wise, etc) and intelligence (politics, military) it’s not even funny I felt so embarrassed the whole time. I have a stuttering disability too and it really came out a lot because of how awkward and embarrassed u was feeling the whole time.

We hugged at the end and he says he’s down to meet again when he comes back in October (he’s in the Air Force) but idk if he’s just saying that

Posted Aug 10, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

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