Have you ever been catfished or catfished someone?
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I was catfished before catfishing was even a thing. In high school (over a decade ago now) a guy I had a massive crush on and had been flirting with asked for my number, and then "he" texted me later on that night. I found out it wasn't him the next day when I walked in to a chorus of laughing and my raunchy replies being read out loud for everyone to laugh at.
Needless to say I've never trusted random texts from unknown numbers since.2 -
I was catfished by someone on MFP... I finally caught on to it when I noticed similar language patterns between the two accounts.7
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Riiigghhhtttt.
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I am the biggest catfish that ever once lived.4
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »I'm catfishing everyone, I'm not even a lizard
Or is that what you want us to think because you are a lizard catfishing us as a human catfishing us as a lizard?
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CoffeeAndContour wrote: »I spent the summer in Montreal with a friend. I met a guy there, we hit it off, had a great summer together. But Montreal is 6+ hours away, so we said Good-Bye and left it there. A month or so goes by, he adds me to facebook. We start talking again. Hes supposed to be my way in a few months, he's inquiring if any sort of long distance type relationship could work. I was hesitant but figured I'd give it a shot. During the months that follow, we get to know one another very well. Its evident we care for one another, but he doesn't come, and he also will not talk to me on the phone. I'm annoyed at this point, not with him not coming because life happens but you can pick up the phone. Turns out I was talking with my friend the whole time. The one I went to visit. She made a fake account the whole shebang. I never spoke to anyone "online" again until I came here. And even now, I've only let few in. Overall I just have a hard time trusting people on the internet now.
Wow this is absolutely crazy! What was the point??0 -
No, they weren't really a catfish, but they weren't who they projected themselves to be either. Which in and of itself is just a bad.1
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No. I don't trust most people anyhow, but on the flip side i'm not (that) mean to do that to someone.1
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I have not, but my husband did before we ever met. He was talking to three different girls at the same time, gave them pictures of a different guy he knew. What's funny is eventually he told them the truth, and they all continued to want to talk to him.
Ah well, doesn't matter. He is all mine now.
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When I was in college, my roommate used my laptop to talk to guys on the soccer team... as me. I stayed in the dorms but would go visit my boyfriend at the time overnight *hehe* almost every night. He had a laptop so I felt no need to grab mine. I was naive enough not to lock my stuff up.
I embarrassingly found out during a class when one of the players casually asked me how my game went (I was playing softball at the time) and we had never once talked. Apparently she was a couple weeks into pretending to be me with some guy. He kept insisting that I knew who he was and was telling me details only I would know (or my roommate...) I was dumbfounded until he pulled up messages on his phone from MY STUDENT EMAIL to him. I confronted my roommate and she denied it. It took me getting the school involved. She wasn't even disciplined, just moved to a separate dorm. I still think she is absolutely crazy.5 -
MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »RunHardBeStrong wrote: »MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »I'm catfishing everyone, I'm not even a lizard
Damn it. Now I am gonna have to rethink the lizard habitat I built for you in my basement.
Well lets not be too hasty there, is it warm?
Yes. Only the best for you.0 -
I have not, but my husband did before we ever met. He was talking to three different girls at the same time, gave them pictures of a different guy he knew. What's funny is eventually he told them the truth, and they all continued to want to talk to him.
Ah well, doesn't matter. He is all mine now.
That is interesting... Did your husband ever explain why he lied to them?0 -
CoffeeAndContour wrote: »I spent the summer in Montreal with a friend. I met a guy there, we hit it off, had a great summer together. But Montreal is 6+ hours away, so we said Good-Bye and left it there. A month or so goes by, he adds me to facebook. We start talking again. Hes supposed to be my way in a few months, he's inquiring if any sort of long distance type relationship could work. I was hesitant but figured I'd give it a shot. During the months that follow, we get to know one another very well. Its evident we care for one another, but he doesn't come, and he also will not talk to me on the phone. I'm annoyed at this point, not with him not coming because life happens but you can pick up the phone. Turns out I was talking with my friend the whole time. The one I went to visit. She made a fake account the whole shebang. I never spoke to anyone "online" again until I came here. And even now, I've only let few in. Overall I just have a hard time trusting people on the internet now.
Wow that's pretty fuckd up. Why did she even do it?! Are you two still friends anymore?0 -
MacrosandMacaroons wrote: »I have not, but my husband did before we ever met. He was talking to three different girls at the same time, gave them pictures of a different guy he knew. What's funny is eventually he told them the truth, and they all continued to want to talk to him.
Ah well, doesn't matter. He is all mine now.
That is interesting... Did your husband ever explain why he lied to them?
He has never had the best self esteem, and it was worse back when he did this. He told me he didn't feel comfortable showing them how he really looked because he thought they would quit talking to him. He is cutie patootie to me, though. lol0 -
When I decided to do online dating, had a dude message me with a too perfect profile. Pictures of a couple perfect girls, and he was a "traveling business man" who spent a lot of time "travelling to Europe". And after one or two messages was "falling in love". I knew nothing about dating scammers, but this guy rang all of my BS alarms, after asking some personal questions and getting inconsistant answers I blocked him. It was a couple days after that I joined their forum that I learned he was a textbook scam, and how it worked.
I was mad, but at the same time thought it was funny, because on paper I had all the hallmarks of low self esteem, easy victim, but in reality that's simply not the case.0 -
MacrosandMacaroons wrote: »I have not, but my husband did before we ever met. He was talking to three different girls at the same time, gave them pictures of a different guy he knew. What's funny is eventually he told them the truth, and they all continued to want to talk to him.
Ah well, doesn't matter. He is all mine now.
That is interesting... Did your husband ever explain why he lied to them?
He has never had the best self esteem, and it was worse back when he did this. He told me he didn't feel comfortable showing them how he really looked because he thought they would quit talking to him. He is cutie patootie to me, though. lol
Your husband is dark watch yourself ☝️3 -
Yea once, I wasn’t a dick about it I went through with the date but after that I ghosted
Not see why people do that ? If you plan to meet someone
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