I recently got added by a random woman on snapchat who claimed to have just added me from her recommended friends. I immediately clocked it as AI and a catfish. I then confirmed it was just that. But it is getting pretty convincing. They’ll mimic spelling mistakes in conversations, send realistic photos of themselves, and plead to you that they are real. But you can easily figure it out by asking them for a voice message or to video chat.
I understood that it was 99% fake from the beginning but it still hurts. It kinda feels like the world just did that to laugh at me for feeling lonely and being single. I really want to make someone happy. I want to really get to know someone and love them for who they are. But I just haven’t been so lucky as of late.
I’m moving in August to go to university. It’s been hard to talk to people irl because they don’t want to get close only for me to move away. I understand that. So I’ve been expanding my horizons to a potential long distance relationship, trying to talk to people online, talking to older people too to try to expand my sample size but any attempts have been met with ghosting and people playing around with my emotions.
I’m sure I’ll eventually find something. But until then it really sucks for me right now.