I was excited to go to the Christmas markets for first date with dream man – then I discovered cruel truth
A WOMAN has revealed the cruel moment she discovered her cheating ex had catfished her in a bid to win her back.
The singleton, from Scotland, had met her dream man on Tinder and was looking forward to a first date at the Christmas markets.
But ahead of the meeting, she was given a shocking catfish blow instead.
Writing in to the Girls Overheard podcast, she said she has been left gutted and scared over the incident.
Podcast host Eilidh Wells was tasked with reading out the anonymous message on the show.
It read: “I’ve been talking to this guy for weeks on Tinder. We’ve never met or Facetimed but I was planning on meeting him at the start of December to go to the Christmas markets together.
“We’ve literally chatted throughout the day every day and I felt like we really clicked.
“Then out the blue last night I get a message from an ex.”
The former boyfriend in question was described as a “serial cheat and a liar” whose behaviour ended their “on and off” relationship last year.
The woman’ said’s message went on: “So anyway he’s messaging me out the blue last night telling me that he misses me and he’s never clicked with anyone as much as me.
“I left him on read for a few hours and then I noticed that he’s sent me photos.”
At this point, the situation takes a creepy turn as the cheating ex exposes himself for catfishing his former lover.
Continuing the message, host Eilidh says: “Dot dot dot screenshots of my Tinder messages to the other guy saying ‘hope you don’t think this is weird but I just wanted to show that we’re a perfect match’.
“This man has been catfishing me with a fake profile chatting to me for weeks all to prove that we still get on and he thought that that would win me over.
“Never blocked anyone as fast in my life. Bit scary.
“Also a bit gutted that my potential new man wasn’t even real.”
Giving their verdict on the scheming stunt, Eilidh and her co-hosts Lauren Kerr adn Ash Reid fumed: “CALL NEV [Schulman, Catfish host] we need an intervention with this SNAKE.”
The clip has since racked 95,000 views with social media users in full agreement.
“Wrong on so many levels”, insisted one.
A second cried: “No no no run.”
A third echoed: “Wow that’s seriously creepy behaviour.”
“Was not expecting that plot twist”, someone else gasped.
Meanwhile, a fifth said: “Utter madness, poor woman. That’s some messed up stuff.”
15 Relationship red flags to look out for
Red flags are warning signs that indicate unhealthy or manipulative behaviour.
When you encounter relationship red flags, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the dynamic you really share with that person.
- Overly controlling behaviour
- Lack of trust
- Feeling low self-esteem
- Physical, emotional, or mental abuse
- Substance abuse
- Narcissism
- Anger management issues
- Codependency
- Inability to resolve conflict
- Constant jealousy
- Gaslighting
- Lack of emotional intelligence
- Negatively affecting your relationship with family and friends
- Inability to communicate openly
- Lack of social connection or friends
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