Korean boyfriend. Is it legit?
I, an American(40f), met my Korean boyfriend (51m) on HelloTalk. He messaged me. My profile says nothing about dating. It is focused more on language and culture exchange. We started talking and kind of hit it off. We switched over to KakaoTalk within about 1 week of starting to talk because voice calls and video calls are more stable (I already had KKT. He did not ask me to download it.) We have been talking for a little over 1 month now and are technically in a long-distance relationship (boyfriend/girlfriend titles). We talk daily (tell each other good morning/ goodnight, talk about our day, etc). We voice call almost daily and video call frequently. We are talking about meeting in person and have plans for October. He is coming to the US to visit. By the time we meet in person, we will have been talking for 7 months.
I am a suspicious person in general and am always looking for red flags and trying to guess people's motives. Based on our conversations I think I have ruled out identity theft and human trafficking. The verdict is still out on "just in it for sex" and green card fraud.
Additional info to know: he does not know my real name at this point, only my online name.
I have an elementary school-aged daughter that he knows about. They have not interacted nor do I share many details about her.
He has never been married and does not have any kids.
My questions are:
Does he appear to be legit?
What is normal for this kind of relationship?
Any advice?
Am I just being paranoid because of past experiences?
Thank you to everyone that replied. I was really looking for conformation that I am not completely crazy for giving this relationship a genuine try.