How to Be Out on Dating Apps but Not Out to Your Friends

I think this is a super understandable experience. Instead of wanting to come out first in relationships that feel consequential, you might decide that first you want to dip your toe into coming out to other queer folks who don't have a role in your life yet. It's totally okay. I think if you do live in a place where a friend is likely to come across your profile because it can and it does happen even if their settings aren't to see people of your gender,. So I would just have a conversation with yourself that says like, hey, this could happen. And what's the worst thing that would happen if that were true? "It might be that there is a really bad thing