My First Time Flying Across the Country to Date a Stranger

by Chase Burns FRANCKREPORTER/GETTY IMAGES
Day 1: I have no idea what I'm doing, but I've made it to New Orleans. It's 8:50 p.m., two hours ahead of my normal time in Seattle, and in 10 minutes I'm going to meet a stranger I met on Instagram. His name is Marc. He's 31, he has thick black hair, and I think I have a serious crush on him. So much so, I traveled across the country to stay with him for a week. I've never done something like this. I don't even like meeting guys off Grindr because it f