Has anyone gotten catfished?
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Not catfished in a “they look completely different” sense, but they were a pathological liar and would make up stories about being in accidents or drama that was happening to them because they wanted attention. It was weird. People are strange.1
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CoffeeAndContour wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »Yes. But not on here. It’s a super long story. But short version best friend likes me, makes an account to start talking to me, fakes deaths, cancers and some other messed up stuff, friend somehow convinces male friend she was pretending to be to come meet me. We meet (with her too) something doesn't feel right with him. Fast forward a few months I add him on Facebook where he tells me he hadn’t spoken to me since the last time he seen me and tells me the truth.
In general I think people on the internet should have a caution label on them. I have met friends here that if they needed me I would be there. Some live close, most don’t, but in whatever way I could be there for them I would. But then there is an array of compulsive liars who put on a good show too. So be very careful who you’re sharing your time and life with. It’s not difficult to pretend you’re a nice guy for a little bit everyday.
I read the first paragraph and don't understand it at all. Other than to say whoever you're writing about needs a shrink.
My best friend liked me romantically. So she made an msn account (this goes back 11ish years). She pretended to be her male friend and then somehow got him in on the plan to come meet me too and act as if I’ve been talking to him all these months. When we met he felt like a complete stranger, like I hadn’t been talking to him. They left after the weekend and went back home. And I kept talking to “him” (her). A months later I found him in Facebook and added him. He has no clue if anything I’m talking about, then informs me that I’ve been taking to her the entire time.
That's one of the creepiest stories I've ever heard. Whoa.1 -
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If you think you can trust people on social media generally, or here specifically, just because they have pictures posted... I would suggest caution. I'm sure that will get discounted because I do not have pics posted.2
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I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
I never get sexually harassed or propositioning PM’s even with a pic
Says a lot about my face haha
Um, you're gorgeous...I'll just put it out here on the main boards! No need to dm!
And welcome new girl!!
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I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
I never get sexually harassed or propositioning PM’s even with a pic
Says a lot about my face haha
I don’t really get harassed either, because I don’t respond to those kind of messages lol. And if I were a male, you’d be my type 😘 so I’d probably harass you lol. That face is pure beauty.0 -
I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
please know I love you!
Right back atcha 😃1 -
Been there thats why I dont do online dating but the old fashion way aint working either. Maybe its just ne
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I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
I never get sexually harassed or propositioning PM’s even with a pic
Says a lot about my face haha
Um, you're gorgeous...I'll just put it out here on the main boards! No need to dm!
And welcome new girl!!
Well thank you kindly pretty lady!!1 -
I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
I never get sexually harassed or propositioning PM’s even with a pic
Says a lot about my face haha
I don’t really get harassed either, because I don’t respond to those kind of messages lol. And if I were a male, you’d be my type 😘 so I’d probably harass you lol. That face is pure beauty.
Aw now you’re just making me blush!
You should have just catfishes me and pretended you were male 😆1 -
CoffeeAndContour wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »Yes. But not on here. It’s a super long story. But short version best friend likes me, makes an account to start talking to me, fakes deaths, cancers and some other messed up stuff, friend somehow convinces male friend she was pretending to be to come meet me. We meet (with her too) something doesn't feel right with him. Fast forward a few months I add him on Facebook where he tells me he hadn’t spoken to me since the last time he seen me and tells me the truth.
In general I think people on the internet should have a caution label on them. I have met friends here that if they needed me I would be there. Some live close, most don’t, but in whatever way I could be there for them I would. But then there is an array of compulsive liars who put on a good show too. So be very careful who you’re sharing your time and life with. It’s not difficult to pretend you’re a nice guy for a little bit everyday.
I read the first paragraph and don't understand it at all. Other than to say whoever you're writing about needs a shrink.
My best friend liked me romantically. So she made an msn account (this goes back 11ish years). She pretended to be her male friend and then somehow got him in on the plan to come meet me too and act as if I’ve been talking to him all these months. When we met he felt like a complete stranger, like I hadn’t been talking to him. They left after the weekend and went back home. And I kept talking to “him” (her). A months later I found him in Facebook and added him. He has no clue if anything I’m talking about, then informs me that I’ve been taking to her the entire time.
Oh my god this just reminded me of something that happened to me. It was much more short lived because I felt there was something strange going on but still... the person I mentioned a few posts back was trans, and we became friends online first (Instagram) and met a few times. He kept mentioning how much I would like his brother and yadda yadda yadda. Well eventually I get an add from a pretty legitimate looking Instagram who is supposedly the brother. He had 100 plus pictures, 300 plus followers etc. We start chatting and little things started to just not add up so I played along and eventually realized it was my friend all along.
When I started to distance myself, I get a text message from a random number. “Hey this is (pretend brother) I’m just texting you to tell you that (friend) is in the hospital. He was in a motorcycle accident and is in critical condition.” I didn’t believe it at all so I started asking for hospital info so I could fly out/send flowers. They wouldn’t give me any details but said he had a bleed in the brain and was in a coma.
Two days later the friend texts me like “oh hey I’m sorry I was in an accident”. I’m no medical professional but I am a critical thinker and I’m pretty sure you don’t go from brain bleed to being discharged in less than 48 hours. So I start asking questions like “oh my gosh are you ok” and they tell me they have a broken hand and send some picture of a hand in a cast. GIRL, it was LITERALLY the first result on google images for “broken hand” and it was from a farmers blog about his tractor incident two years prior. When I called them out they said “my hand is really broken I just didn’t want to send a picture because my friends are really immature and drew a *rooster* on it”.
At that point I was just so over the constant pathological lies that I blocked this person in every way possible and cut them out of my life. They’ve tried to reach out from fake numbers etc, but I never respond. I get that they probably feel alone and isolated, but I was an incredibly supportive friend for them during everything. It was mentally exhausting trying to keep up with their drama and lies. I wish them the best but I wasn’t going to feed into their crazy.
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I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
please know I love you!
Right back atcha 😃
So love you lady...missed you when you were gone
Part of why I stayed away for a bit, this place makes me sad often now...when people drop off with no goodbye
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I've met two folks in here years ago 2007-9 ...@tamtastic was one and the other is no longer here...they were both awesome!!! we had a big group of friends that talked here and in phone etc....Tammy came to an autism walk for my son and we took pics and posted and had a blast! She also met my husband, who she saw was actually is like a roommate and friend and we do sleep in separate bedrooms to co parent....so not everyone is who they say...but some are....🤷
On that same note I have never made advances on anyone online or otherwise...but have some friends I cherish male and female that I adore and feel comfy enough to chat with etc...
I think it's hard to weed out folks who "catfish" or portray a false sense....I would only trust a person who I fully believed was honest...any red flags and best is to sever contact or limit it....it's sort of hard to meet folks especially these days....caution always....and limited drama is good...👍
I'm so very sorry to hear any of you have been betrayed like that...so hugs!😘0 -
george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
Oh but I was after that giraffe neck now 😂
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Sorry, changed it before I saw this.
My neck is elegant though when positioned just so. Okay so I have a few skin tags. Nothing some strategic lasering can't fix.
Lol
No I had you confused with someone else that used to be here, maybe still is. They had a giraffe for a profile pic. It didn't feel right immediately after I posted so I checked myself and instantly felt like a dope.2 -
kindalikevelma wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »Yes. But not on here. It’s a super long story. But short version best friend likes me, makes an account to start talking to me, fakes deaths, cancers and some other messed up stuff, friend somehow convinces male friend she was pretending to be to come meet me. We meet (with her too) something doesn't feel right with him. Fast forward a few months I add him on Facebook where he tells me he hadn’t spoken to me since the last time he seen me and tells me the truth.
In general I think people on the internet should have a caution label on them. I have met friends here that if they needed me I would be there. Some live close, most don’t, but in whatever way I could be there for them I would. But then there is an array of compulsive liars who put on a good show too. So be very careful who you’re sharing your time and life with. It’s not difficult to pretend you’re a nice guy for a little bit everyday.
I read the first paragraph and don't understand it at all. Other than to say whoever you're writing about needs a shrink.
My best friend liked me romantically. So she made an msn account (this goes back 11ish years). She pretended to be her male friend and then somehow got him in on the plan to come meet me too and act as if I’ve been talking to him all these months. When we met he felt like a complete stranger, like I hadn’t been talking to him. They left after the weekend and went back home. And I kept talking to “him” (her). A months later I found him in Facebook and added him. He has no clue if anything I’m talking about, then informs me that I’ve been taking to her the entire time.
Oh my god this just reminded me of something that happened to me. It was much more short lived because I felt there was something strange going on but still... the person I mentioned a few posts back was trans, and we became friends online first (Instagram) and met a few times. He kept mentioning how much I would like his brother and yadda yadda yadda. Well eventually I get an add from a pretty legitimate looking Instagram who is supposedly the brother. He had 100 plus pictures, 300 plus followers etc. We start chatting and little things started to just not add up so I played along and eventually realized it was my friend all along.
When I started to distance myself, I get a text message from a random number. “Hey this is (pretend brother) I’m just texting you to tell you that (friend) is in the hospital. He was in a motorcycle accident and is in critical condition.” I didn’t believe it at all so I started asking for hospital info so I could fly out/send flowers. They wouldn’t give me any details but said he had a bleed in the brain and was in a coma.
Two days later the friend texts me like “oh hey I’m sorry I was in an accident”. I’m no medical professional but I am a critical thinker and I’m pretty sure you don’t go from brain bleed to being discharged in less than 48 hours. So I start asking questions like “oh my gosh are you ok” and they tell me they have a broken hand and send some picture of a hand in a cast. GIRL, it was LITERALLY the first result on google images for “broken hand” and it was from a farmers blog about his tractor incident two years prior. When I called them out they said “my hand is really broken I just didn’t want to send a picture because my friends are really immature and drew a *rooster* on it”.
At that point I was just so over the constant pathological lies that I blocked this person in every way possible and cut them out of my life. They’ve tried to reach out from fake numbers etc, but I never respond. I get that they probably feel alone and isolated, but I was an incredibly supportive friend for them during everything. It was mentally exhausting trying to keep up with their drama and lies. I wish them the best but I wasn’t going to feed into their crazy.
Fork a duck man, that's crazy1 -
kindalikevelma wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »Yes. But not on here. It’s a super long story. But short version best friend likes me, makes an account to start talking to me, fakes deaths, cancers and some other messed up stuff, friend somehow convinces male friend she was pretending to be to come meet me. We meet (with her too) something doesn't feel right with him. Fast forward a few months I add him on Facebook where he tells me he hadn’t spoken to me since the last time he seen me and tells me the truth.
In general I think people on the internet should have a caution label on them. I have met friends here that if they needed me I would be there. Some live close, most don’t, but in whatever way I could be there for them I would. But then there is an array of compulsive liars who put on a good show too. So be very careful who you’re sharing your time and life with. It’s not difficult to pretend you’re a nice guy for a little bit everyday.
I read the first paragraph and don't understand it at all. Other than to say whoever you're writing about needs a shrink.
My best friend liked me romantically. So she made an msn account (this goes back 11ish years). She pretended to be her male friend and then somehow got him in on the plan to come meet me too and act as if I’ve been talking to him all these months. When we met he felt like a complete stranger, like I hadn’t been talking to him. They left after the weekend and went back home. And I kept talking to “him” (her). A months later I found him in Facebook and added him. He has no clue if anything I’m talking about, then informs me that I’ve been taking to her the entire time.
Oh my god this just reminded me of something that happened to me. It was much more short lived because I felt there was something strange going on but still... the person I mentioned a few posts back was trans, and we became friends online first (Instagram) and met a few times. He kept mentioning how much I would like his brother and yadda yadda yadda. Well eventually I get an add from a pretty legitimate looking Instagram who is supposedly the brother. He had 100 plus pictures, 300 plus followers etc. We start chatting and little things started to just not add up so I played along and eventually realized it was my friend all along.
When I started to distance myself, I get a text message from a random number. “Hey this is (pretend brother) I’m just texting you to tell you that (friend) is in the hospital. He was in a motorcycle accident and is in critical condition.” I didn’t believe it at all so I started asking for hospital info so I could fly out/send flowers. They wouldn’t give me any details but said he had a bleed in the brain and was in a coma.
Two days later the friend texts me like “oh hey I’m sorry I was in an accident”. I’m no medical professional but I am a critical thinker and I’m pretty sure you don’t go from brain bleed to being discharged in less than 48 hours. So I start asking questions like “oh my gosh are you ok” and they tell me they have a broken hand and send some picture of a hand in a cast. GIRL, it was LITERALLY the first result on google images for “broken hand” and it was from a farmers blog about his tractor incident two years prior. When I called them out they said “my hand is really broken I just didn’t want to send a picture because my friends are really immature and drew a *rooster* on it”.
At that point I was just so over the constant pathological lies that I blocked this person in every way possible and cut them out of my life. They’ve tried to reach out from fake numbers etc, but I never respond. I get that they probably feel alone and isolated, but I was an incredibly supportive friend for them during everything. It was mentally exhausting trying to keep up with their drama and lies. I wish them the best but I wasn’t going to feed into their crazy.
The red flags ...always listen to them whipping in the wind!!! Hugs!!!!! I'm sorry hon❤0 -
Years ago on my old account there was a girl I met on here and we got to texting ... like a lot, saying good morning and good night and stuff.
... she messaged and said she was going to pass through my town and asked if I wanted to meet up...get dinner... see about chemistry ...
I did a reverse google image search on her photo ... found SO much information on her ... she was married and etc.
Not sure if that counts. I def. Dodged a bullet.4 -
Years ago on my old account there was a girl I met on here and we got to texting ... like a lot, saying good morning and good night and stuff.
... she messaged and said she was going to pass through my town and asked if I wanted to meet up...get dinner... see about chemistry ...
I did a reverse google image search on her photo ... found SO much information on her ... she was married and etc.
Not sure if that counts. I def. Dodged a bullet.
Wow! I don't understand lying about being married. There are probably people that wont care and the ones that do should not be misled.1 -
george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
Oh but I was after that giraffe neck now 😂
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Sorry, changed it before I saw this.
My neck is elegant though when positioned just so. Okay so I have a few skin tags. Nothing some strategic lasering can't fix.
Lol
No I had you confused with someone else that used to be here, maybe still is. They had a giraffe for a profile pic. It didn't feel right immediately after I posted so I checked myself and instantly felt like a dope.
Please don't look at my neck.
In all seriousness though, I did have someone send me inappropriate messages with just a giraffe picture to go by. They got immediately blocked and removed afterwards because I'm not interested in that at all and a giraffe picture should definitely prevent that. But I'm assuming there's some people that are desperate enough that they don't even care what someone looks like as long as they assume they're the gender they're interested in.2 -
PaperDoll_ wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
Oh but I was after that giraffe neck now 😂
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Sorry, changed it before I saw this.
My neck is elegant though when positioned just so. Okay so I have a few skin tags. Nothing some strategic lasering can't fix.
Lol
No I had you confused with someone else that used to be here, maybe still is. They had a giraffe for a profile pic. It didn't feel right immediately after I posted so I checked myself and instantly felt like a dope.
Please don't look at my neck.
In all seriousness though, I did have someone send me inappropriate messages with just a giraffe picture to go by. They got immediately blocked and removed afterwards because I'm not interested in that at all and a giraffe picture should definitely prevent that. But I'm assuming there's some people that are desperate enough that they don't even care what someone looks like as long as they assume they're the gender they're interested in.
Well they still don't PM me. Not even the guy who likes b*** punishment.
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PaperDoll_ wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
Oh but I was after that giraffe neck now 😂
??
Sorry, changed it before I saw this.
My neck is elegant though when positioned just so. Okay so I have a few skin tags. Nothing some strategic lasering can't fix.
Lol
No I had you confused with someone else that used to be here, maybe still is. They had a giraffe for a profile pic. It didn't feel right immediately after I posted so I checked myself and instantly felt like a dope.
Please don't look at my neck.
In all seriousness though, I did have someone send me inappropriate messages with just a giraffe picture to go by. They got immediately blocked and removed afterwards because I'm not interested in that at all and a giraffe picture should definitely prevent that. But I'm assuming there's some people that are desperate enough that they don't even care what someone looks like as long as they assume they're the gender they're interested in.
Well they still don't PM me. Not even the guy who likes b*** punishment.
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PaperDoll_ wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
Oh but I was after that giraffe neck now 😂
??
Sorry, changed it before I saw this.
My neck is elegant though when positioned just so. Okay so I have a few skin tags. Nothing some strategic lasering can't fix.
Lol
No I had you confused with someone else that used to be here, maybe still is. They had a giraffe for a profile pic. It didn't feel right immediately after I posted so I checked myself and instantly felt like a dope.
Please don't look at my neck.
In all seriousness though, I did have someone send me inappropriate messages with just a giraffe picture to go by. They got immediately blocked and removed afterwards because I'm not interested in that at all and a giraffe picture should definitely prevent that. But I'm assuming there's some people that are desperate enough that they don't even care what someone looks like as long as they assume they're the gender they're interested in.
Well they still don't PM me. Not even the guy who likes b*** punishment.
Huh. Maybe it really is the neck then. 1 -
tinkerhellraiser wrote: »PaperDoll_ wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
Oh but I was after that giraffe neck now 😂
??
Sorry, changed it before I saw this.
My neck is elegant though when positioned just so. Okay so I have a few skin tags. Nothing some strategic lasering can't fix.
Lol
No I had you confused with someone else that used to be here, maybe still is. They had a giraffe for a profile pic. It didn't feel right immediately after I posted so I checked myself and instantly felt like a dope.
Please don't look at my neck.
In all seriousness though, I did have someone send me inappropriate messages with just a giraffe picture to go by. They got immediately blocked and removed afterwards because I'm not interested in that at all and a giraffe picture should definitely prevent that. But I'm assuming there's some people that are desperate enough that they don't even care what someone looks like as long as they assume they're the gender they're interested in.
Well they still don't PM me. Not even the guy who likes b*** punishment.
i post pics on the regular and i literally have never received an inappropriate PM
And that's tinkerhe....double l?🤔0 -
tinkerhellraiser wrote: »PaperDoll_ wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
Oh but I was after that giraffe neck now 😂
??
Sorry, changed it before I saw this.
My neck is elegant though when positioned just so. Okay so I have a few skin tags. Nothing some strategic lasering can't fix.
Lol
No I had you confused with someone else that used to be here, maybe still is. They had a giraffe for a profile pic. It didn't feel right immediately after I posted so I checked myself and instantly felt like a dope.
Please don't look at my neck.
In all seriousness though, I did have someone send me inappropriate messages with just a giraffe picture to go by. They got immediately blocked and removed afterwards because I'm not interested in that at all and a giraffe picture should definitely prevent that. But I'm assuming there's some people that are desperate enough that they don't even care what someone looks like as long as they assume they're the gender they're interested in.
Well they still don't PM me. Not even the guy who likes b*** punishment.
i post pics on the regular and i literally have never received an inappropriate PM
For real? I got a crap ton when I was new, not so much anymore and after I stopped posting in f&g0 -
One time there was that one girl with the booty. And apparently she fooled a lot of people. That one sucked hard because I really admired her. Part of me wishes she hadn't ghosted and at least tried to explain herself. I guess sometimes we don't get answers.6
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PaperDoll_ wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »george5911 wrote: »I've also never been catfished, never received propositioning PMs or any of that kinda stuff that seem to really injure people on this site emotionally.
I also have never posted a photo of myself and never will. Sorry, but people who don't post photos do not get catfished or sexually harrassed here.
Oh but I was after that giraffe neck now 😂
??
Sorry, changed it before I saw this.
My neck is elegant though when positioned just so. Okay so I have a few skin tags. Nothing some strategic lasering can't fix.
Lol
No I had you confused with someone else that used to be here, maybe still is. They had a giraffe for a profile pic. It didn't feel right immediately after I posted so I checked myself and instantly felt like a dope.
Please don't look at my neck.
In all seriousness though, I did have someone send me inappropriate messages with just a giraffe picture to go by. They got immediately blocked and removed afterwards because I'm not interested in that at all and a giraffe picture should definitely prevent that. But I'm assuming there's some people that are desperate enough that they don't even care what someone looks like as long as they assume they're the gender they're interested in.
Now I'm double embarrassed! Lol1 -
kindalikevelma wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »Yes. But not on here. It’s a super long story. But short version best friend likes me, makes an account to start talking to me, fakes deaths, cancers and some other messed up stuff, friend somehow convinces male friend she was pretending to be to come meet me. We meet (with her too) something doesn't feel right with him. Fast forward a few months I add him on Facebook where he tells me he hadn’t spoken to me since the last time he seen me and tells me the truth.
In general I think people on the internet should have a caution label on them. I have met friends here that if they needed me I would be there. Some live close, most don’t, but in whatever way I could be there for them I would. But then there is an array of compulsive liars who put on a good show too. So be very careful who you’re sharing your time and life with. It’s not difficult to pretend you’re a nice guy for a little bit everyday.
I read the first paragraph and don't understand it at all. Other than to say whoever you're writing about needs a shrink.
My best friend liked me romantically. So she made an msn account (this goes back 11ish years). She pretended to be her male friend and then somehow got him in on the plan to come meet me too and act as if I’ve been talking to him all these months. When we met he felt like a complete stranger, like I hadn’t been talking to him. They left after the weekend and went back home. And I kept talking to “him” (her). A months later I found him in Facebook and added him. He has no clue if anything I’m talking about, then informs me that I’ve been taking to her the entire time.
Oh my god this just reminded me of something that happened to me. It was much more short lived because I felt there was something strange going on but still... the person I mentioned a few posts back was trans, and we became friends online first (Instagram) and met a few times. He kept mentioning how much I would like his brother and yadda yadda yadda. Well eventually I get an add from a pretty legitimate looking Instagram who is supposedly the brother. He had 100 plus pictures, 300 plus followers etc. We start chatting and little things started to just not add up so I played along and eventually realized it was my friend all along.
When I started to distance myself, I get a text message from a random number. “Hey this is (pretend brother) I’m just texting you to tell you that (friend) is in the hospital. He was in a motorcycle accident and is in critical condition.” I didn’t believe it at all so I started asking for hospital info so I could fly out/send flowers. They wouldn’t give me any details but said he had a bleed in the brain and was in a coma.
Two days later the friend texts me like “oh hey I’m sorry I was in an accident”. I’m no medical professional but I am a critical thinker and I’m pretty sure you don’t go from brain bleed to being discharged in less than 48 hours. So I start asking questions like “oh my gosh are you ok” and they tell me they have a broken hand and send some picture of a hand in a cast. GIRL, it was LITERALLY the first result on google images for “broken hand” and it was from a farmers blog about his tractor incident two years prior. When I called them out they said “my hand is really broken I just didn’t want to send a picture because my friends are really immature and drew a *rooster* on it”.
At that point I was just so over the constant pathological lies that I blocked this person in every way possible and cut them out of my life. They’ve tried to reach out from fake numbers etc, but I never respond. I get that they probably feel alone and isolated, but I was an incredibly supportive friend for them during everything. It was mentally exhausting trying to keep up with their drama and lies. I wish them the best but I wasn’t going to feed into their crazy.
I’m sorry you had to go through that. I just don’t understand some people’s end game. Like what’s the end result and what do they benefit out of lying. Some people truly get a kick out it and for some it’s an addiction to act like someone else. Glad you cut them out of your life completely.3 -
Yes a couple of times
I was on a dating site since i was having bad luck well i met a girl online. We spent a month getting to know each other. Then she started asking for money. I was heart broken
The second time was the same kind of story shorter time frame before asking for money.
I just don't get it. My older brother met two different girls that he married at different times. I just don't have any good luck3
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