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Why I hate catfish….

You have probably noticed that I have this thing about calling out catfish.

In 2014 one of my friends was talking to a guy she met online and they were in an online relationship. She seemed really happy. He was a good looking guy, they talked on the phone a lot. Anytime they were supposed to have a video call there was always a reason why he couldn’t. Something would come up, he wasn’t feeling well or would have to go into work. This went on for quite a long time.

She didn’t tell me that they hadn’t seen each other on video. It was about 18 months into their relationship and she was pretty upset that day. I asked her why and she told me what was going on.

I had watched the show catfish since it came out so I said we should see if we could try and find the pictures online. We did, we found them online.

She was really crushed by this. She confronted John about this and asked him why he would lie. He said he didn’t want her to know what he really looked like. Then that was it. He just disappeared and he was gone. She never found out who he really was, we knew he was a man. He sounded like a man but she was left broken hearted and with trust issues.

I would just hate to see someone else deceived that way.

What do you all think about catfish? That’s my experience with them.
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Beautywithin · 36-40, F
The People that do it are selfish ! They do it because they either don't get attention in the real world and lack so much confidence, behind a screen they can be and say whatever or they just get off messing with someones emotions.

You hear so many stories how people fall for this, I can normally tell pretty much straight away, but some people are so desperate for love they will believe anything.

It's one of the most cruel things you can do lying to someone making then think you are someone you aren't! Allowing them to fall for you, then just disappearing.

They should put time in trying to sort themselves out rather than trying to hurt someone else because thats how it always ends ! The truth comes out.
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@Beautywithin this is how I feel too. It’s very hurtful. My friend was so heart broken over that whole situation. She’s an introvert and finds it hard to open up to people and she completely opened up to him and he lied to her.