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I've been debating this for a while, and I wondered if maybe seeing the opinions of others would help me make a decision. I've been quarantining with a small group of friends since the virus shut everything down, and one of them I've taken... quite the liking to. We haven't hung out much, but every time the group gets together we seem to talk to each other the most. I want to make a move, and I am DEFINITELY going to. I'm just wondering if I should make it now, or wait until we've spent some more time together to ask for one-on-one time.

To add some detail:
I don't even have his phone number, snapchat, anything. The only way I have to contact him privately is his discord, since we share a friend server. Half the time it's hard to tell if he's interested or just funny/nice, and because of this combination of things I'm a little bit unsure if it's too early to make a move. When we hang out, we joke around and tease each other a lot, but as far as I can tell he doesn't treat me that much differently from any of the other guys in the group (one of which has a girlfriend). I know he loves cooking, and I've been considering asking him if he would be okay with showing me how to prepare some dishes, since that seems like a fun first date/way to get to know each other. But I wonder if it's too intimate/weird to ask someone I haven't spent much alone time with? What do you guys think?

(Bonus question-- should I ask him over discord or IRL? Asking him irl makes me nervous considering it would probably be in front of our other friends, but it IS usually considered the better choice...)

My boyfriend and I have had our ups and downs so I could just be paranoid. But I do want to also shed light on the fact that this girl that I am about to discuss has been a huge playing factor in things that led to my paranoia. We have been together for 2 and a half years. The first year and a half was terrible. We faught constantly because of finances and it led to a lot of things before we finally were able to grow up and talk to each other like adults. We would split up and every time we did, he would go and hang out with this girl Jordan. Now, they had been friends for years so originally it didn't bother me. Not until he would tell me that she was always grabbing his ass, asking if he wanted to see her nipple piercings, bribing him with money to go hang out, running her mouth about him "playing daddy" to my kids and lastly, she started texting me saying some ignorant things. She was doing this all while claiming she didn't want my boyfriend and that he was just a friend. Last year we moved an hour and a half away from our hometown to start over. We vowed to not tell anyone where we were except his brother and our parents. 4 months ago my boyfriends brother was here saying that Jordan was asking where my boyfriend was living and what his phone number was. He didn't tell her anything and we went about life as if it was never brought up to us. However, our lease runs out next month and my boyfriend's brother posted on FB asking for tips on rents for us. Jordan commented on it and said "Isnt he living in Portland? I know of some rents." So I told my boyfriend and asked how she would know where we were and he shrugged and said "Guess we need to move out of state." His casual, unphased behavior normally wouldn't bother me except back when this girl was looking for his number or anytime before this, he would freak out and start yelling about how he was fed up with this girl being "obsessed" with him and that under no circumstances did he want her knowing where he was.

Me nd my boyfriend broke up a week ago.. he said me hell of mean things out of anger. He was the one who said I should find someone like me.. nd blocked me from everywhere.. I thought that's it's over nd he is not coming back.. i cried for 2 days then I thought maybe he will not be back. i tried to move on.. nd didn't messaged him.. me also blocked him from each nd everything.. then suddenly yesterday he unblocked me as I could see through contacts on wtsapp but I had him blocked.. he messaged my friends asking for their helps to reach out to me... but I didn't talk.. he tried his best.. then today he texted me from another number nd he was so insecure by thinking that I had found someone or moved on.. he told me that how much he love me and he said that's the reason he was back.. he also told me that he used to see my pics at night nd missed me..
What does it mean guys?

I've been going to this bar/restaurant before all this lockdown shit happened a lot

I met this guy that works at the bar
He was new there.. I know because I go there quite often
Anyway so I thought he was really cute
And apparently my friend catch him looking at us a lot

So she decided to ask him if he's in a relationship:

Her - hey are u in a relationship?
Him - um whos asking?
Her - oh my friend is interested *points at me*
Him - oh okay, well im in an open relationship

Then she came back to tell me that conversation

Ever since then he kept looking at us more

We have been goin there every weekend
And then one day I went up to the bar and asked for a jug of raspberry drink
And he started talking to me:

Him - hey hows it going?
Me - yeah good, u?
Him - yeh not bad
Me - cool
Him - what nash are u?
Me - oh filo, you?
Him - im half maltese
Me - oh wow nice

Then I went quickly to my friend lol
And now we wanted to drink alcohol and mix it with the raspberry drink

So i went to the bar
And asked the cute bartender:

Me - hey do u think vodka will go well with this raspberry drink?
Him - yeah i think so, u wanna try it?
Me - yeh i do, how much is it for the vodka?
Him - wait, let me see if my boss is watching
Then he went to see then came back
Him - ok my boss is not here, ill just pour it.. for free.. dont say anything
He laughed while he was pouring the vodka
Me - oh wow thanks
Him - enjoy, dont get drunk tho
He laughed again

Then came back to my friend and told her he gave us free alcohol lol
And she's like "yep he's interested"

I found his instagram
But im scared to follow him

Do you guys think he may be interested?
He wouldve asked for my social media/number if he was interested.. right?