Everyone has insecurities.

Some worry about their waistline, hair, feet, nails, eyebrows—you name it. Me? I obsess over how many AP courses I take.

A couple of years back, my friend introduced me to this cool, new dating site. I’ve avoided dating (or any social interaction, really) since I began taking APs and they became a part of everyday conversation, but I thought, “Hey, why not?” So I signed up.

The website (findAPerfectmatch.org) requested my name and age, a picture of myself and some interests; I was getting super pumped and thought I might actually get away with some dignity, until I saw the last box: “AP Courses.”

I shuddered, and after intense deliberation, I decided to leave the box blank.

A few months later, I met this this pretty cool guy online (@APLangIsMyThang123), and he asked me out. The night before the big day, my mind was clouded by loads of questions: “What shoes will make me look like a 5?” “Does this lipstick scream ‘AP Biology’ or ‘Honors Biology’?” Needless to say, I was a nervous wreck.

Finally, the time came, and I spotted my guy at a table inside the restaurant. Everything seemed to be going just great, we were laughing, smiling, I could really feel the connection kicking in–until he asked the dreaded question:

“So, how many APs are you taking?”

It was like I was Hannah Montana, cautiously revealing my true identity. Slowly, I took the invisible wig of falsification off my head and with a gulp, blurted out: “One.”

No, people, if you were in search of some Disney-kind-of-overcome-your-fears-inspirational story, this is not it. My date ran out of the restaurant and left me to contemplate what had just occurred.

The moral of the story is clear: if you are an APhobic like me, refrain from using AP-oriented dating sites, like princetonreviewme.net or 5stepstoamatch.org. However, there are a few, more unknown websites, like J-Date or ChristianMingle, so you can try those out.