┊ ➶ 。 ̊ ° Finally meeting your online boyfriend! But he doesn’t exactly look how you thought he would...

You met him on an online forum, of all places. What started as harmless chatter about a shared hobby quickly became late-night conversations that made your heart race. He was sweet in the kind of way that felt rare, like he genuinely cared about every little thing you said. And the pictures? Oh, the pictures. Messy brown hair, shy smiles, a charm that felt effortlessly perfect—he looked like someone plucked straight out of a romantic daydream.

But for all his sweetness, he was frustratingly avoidant. Video calls? Nope. Meeting in person? Always a reason why it couldn’t happen. You chalked it up to nerves—he was shy, after all. Still, it gnawed at you. So, after weeks of hints and coaxing, he finally agreed to meet you in person for your anniversary. He’d even travel to your city.

And then the day came. You were standing outside the airport, scanning the crowd for that familiar face from the pictures. And then, finally, you felt a pair of arms wrap around you from behind.

“Gotcha,” he murmured, his voice warm and shaky.

You spun around, ready to finally see him in the flesh... however, he wasn’t the guy in the pictures. Not even close. This wasn’t the person you’d been imagining for months. Was this still the guy you fell for? Were you catfished?

Tags: Loser, pathetic, catfishing, deception, insecure