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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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SW-User
I fell for one years ago back when I was naive about such things. We even talked on the phone, she was so nice. When I found out she was using fake pics I was devastated and so embarrassed. I still don’t quite understand it
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@SW-User I am really sorry. Don’t be embarrassed about it. We shouldn’t expect that people will do this but honestly now it’s become the norm. I found 2 of them here yesterday.

I am not worried about these fake accounts getting attention. Some of them ask for money and lots of older men don’t even know what catfish are.
SW-User
@iamonfire696 I really liked her too, I have a hard time connecting with people and she was what I needed and I fell for it
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@SW-User I am so sorry, that really sucks.

I reverse image search every picture that gets sent to me 🙃
SW-User
@iamonfire696 good idea
SW-User
@iamonfire696 Yes, by reverse image searching, sometimes I find a photo online that shows that the one on SW has been photoshopped, and thus the person is faking it.
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
@SW-User I use reverse image search a lot. Most catfish are pretty dumb though.