Getting Catfished...

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bisouthernbelle

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Hi, I am bisouthernbelle, and I am starting this thread in response to an experience I had with another user here on Literotica. This relationship began during a time when I was particularly vulnerable due to a my father's terminal cancer diagnosis. I have debated about whether to share my story, and all of the users with whom I have spoken have encouraged me to come forward. I want to emphasize that this is not about revenge for me, because for my own sake I am choosing to "forgive" this person in order to remove their power over me. My motivation is to protect another woman from becoming this person's next victim. This is about justice, not retribution.

This past summer I started participating in Literotica, in order to find a bit of stress relief. My father was battling stage 4 brain cancer. I was honest about myself in my profile and with other users. I am a woman from a very conservative community and family. I am married to a man I love, but I am also attracted to women. I was looking for a safe place in which to explore my desires for other women. I just can't do this in my real life.Most everyone I met here was very kind, and I really enjoyed meeting other women who felt the same way I did.

Back in July I met a woman I knew as "Hottalyssa" in the bi and lesbian women page. We started sending messages, and we really seemed to connect. Her back story had many similarities to my own, and she told me her father had passed away from cancer as well. We agreed to set up a date time to get to know each other better. From the beautiful photo of hottalyssa along with her back story, I was very attracted to her.

We really seemed to hit it off, so we started seeing each other regularly. At first we agreed to keep things light. We were just having fun. But as we got to know each other, our relationship became more serious. Hottalyssa told me after a couple months that she had fallen in love with me. She told me she did not want to see anyone else. With everything I knew about hotalyssa I fell in love with her too. She definitely had the more dominant personality and set the pace of the relationship. She promised to be there for me to help me as my father's cancer progressed.

Looking back I can see how there were warning signs that I missed or glossed over, because I was "in love". Occasionally she would warn me to be careful about who I got to know in the bi lesbian women.sections, because many times people were not what they seemed to be. I took it as a precaution, but I didn't really give it too much thought. While we were seeing each other, she also started spending more time with another woman who had just lost her husband. I knew this woman needed a good friend, so of course I encouraged her. Now I see she was probably doing the same the to the other woman as she was to me. I should have seen the signs. She wanted pictures of me but would never send me any. Her eyes are covered by sunglasses on her profile. I just wanted to see her eyes, that is all. She started getting more distant over the past two months. Looking back I can see how I overlooked signs that something was amiss.

Finally the day after my father died I received a message from "hotalyssa" with the truth. She was a man, and he could no longer see me. So in the midst of losing my dad, I also found out that a relationship I thought I had with a woman was a complete lie. Hottalyssa had always told me she was 39. In reality this man was in his 50s. I felt so sick. I entered this relationship , because I wanted to get to know "Alyssa", a divorced 39 year old woman, who was bi, but preferred women. Then I found out that I had been with a straight married man in his 50s. This man named Ronnie has been seducing women since 2008 under the guise of being a woman in her 30s. When I let Literotica know what had happened, they told me I would have to be the one to "out" Ronnie. The users who read.my story agreed that I had a responsibility to speak out. So for all the women who have been used by this man in the past, and to protect others in the future, I am speaking out. Hottalyssa is a straight man in his.50s.who seduces women posing as a bi woman in her 30s. He has been doing this for 9 years. This man is a predator. Please, be careful. There could be others. If you get flags in a relationship, ask and speak up.
 
That is so fucked up! I am so sorry that a piece of human garbage felt to need to prey on you, especially when you were most vulnerable. :mad:

Thank you for sharing this info, not only to out this creep, but also to help keep other women from being ensnared in his trap. While he can rejoin with another name, hopefully his M.O. will still give him away as the manipulative fraud he is.
 
That is so fucked up! I am so sorry that a piece of human garbage felt to need to prey on you, especially when you were most vulnerable. :mad:

Thank you for sharing this info, not only to out this creep, but also to help keep other women from being ensnared in his trap. While he can rejoin with another name, hopefully his M.O. will still give him away as the manipulative fraud he is.
Thank you for your encouragement in speaking out. I have decided not to be a victim. Instead I just want others to learn from my experience.
 
So sorry that this happened. /:

There's no excuse for hurting someone like that.

Sorry about your father as well. Cancer is a terrible, terrible scourge.
 
so sorry to hear about your father
also, so sorry to hear that someone would abuse your trust like that
 
I first read this in the Playground, I struggle to understand why this happens so often on this site.

Hang in there, I'm sorry about your Dad.
 
I'm so sorry this happened to you! This story is terrifying, but it took a lot of strength to share it :rose: Hang in there!
 
Hottalyssa's Profile

http://forum.literotica.com/member.php?u=943185

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Here is the profile for "hottalyssa".
 
I am so sorry this happened to you hun :( this is sick and saddening. I wish you the best in life.
 
Learning opportunity

I would like to thank everyone for their kind comments. I know this is a learning experience. The main reason I have posted about my experience is to serve as a cautionary tale. I know my nature is to want to trust people. But trust has to be earned. I hope my experience can help someone else from having this happen to them.
 
I think there is a lot of that out here. You have to take these on line relationships with a grain of salt. This can be a piranha tank. I'm certain a few women I've spoken to are guys. Still had fun. The hot, sexy babe's out here, well, who knows what's on the other end. Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder.
 
Hottalyssa

sissy is :( for you pain but :) you outted Hottalyssa for what he really is. It is disappointing when some jerk does this kind of thing, and hopefully he is really not from Virginia. :rose:
 
gee Belle, i hurt for you. and i am sorry for the loss of your wonderful father. he must have bee so, cause he has such a string daughter that loved him.

now! this jerk "ass hat inc.". as i said you are a strong woman. and you have shown this , by not only standing up for you. but for others, and i applaud you for that. trust me, he's is gonna get with the wrong person, and he will rule the day he messed with others.

thank you for sharing this, thank you very much.
i wish you well and much peace.

be safe ok cya
 

The second photo are the feet of a tennis player celeb named Dominika Cibulkov.

http://www.wikifeet.com/Dominika_Cibulková
(scroll down a few)

I'm sorry you experienced that. People are often a**holes and the supposed anonymity of the internet often brings out the worst in people. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

For the record, I'm a 50 something guy and my feet stink. THAT'S true ;)
 
I'm so sorry this happened to you and what you've gone through with your family. Thank you for being strong and sharing this!!!
 
That's terrible but you're courageous for sharing this. Spend enough time online and unfortunately stuff like this is bound to happen. It has happened to many of us, but by doing this and sharing your story, can help others look for the warning signs. Lit is a fun place filled with many cool and honest folks, but equally so, given its nature, filled with lots of pretenders and fakes.
 
Thank you!

My dear friends, I want to thank you for your support and encouragement. Your kindness is renewing my faith in that there are many good people on Literotica. I really hope that my experience can help someone else. I know that I am a flawed human being who has lots to learn in this grand life. But this I promise, I will do my best to be genuine and authentic. Friends are very important to me, and I am thankful for the true friends I have made here. Literotica has been a place where I have been able to explore parts of myself that I have not been able to in my real life. I do feel like I am growing as a woman and understanding myself on a deeper level. For those kind people who have allowed me to be real with them about who I am and how I feel, I want to say thank you. Thank you for your part to keep Literotica fun and safe!
 
Belle....you & I have chatted last year several times & I told you my story which turns out kind of similar to yours.
After coming back to the boards myself in June of '14 after 3+ months of dealing with my cancer treatments a woman approached me here & we hit it off.
I was bi curious, still recovering from my radiation treatments I wasn't thinking clearly obviously as I missed signs that were there looking back. From June until Dec. we were friends & playmates. We had a falling out & then a month later she was outed as being a he.....named Ron, Ronnie, Ronald.

Even though we hadn't spoken in about 5 weeks I was still humiliated & embarrassed as it was public.
I tried to get over it but to be honest I never did. That incident has made me have serious trust issues on here. I will never play on here again with a "woman". It has ruined my bi sexuality on this site. I don't even have straight women friends on here because I keep everyone at arms length.

Funny thing is from when I got back from my summer vacation in early Aug. until late Oct/early Nov. hottalyssa was pm'ing me trying to get friendly. I had chatted with "him" several times back when I first joined then during my recovery.
If anyone wants to explore their bi side, this place is not where I'd do it. I'd say over half of the women posting here in the GLBT are men.
Thankfully I'm married to the greatest man in the world & also have a bi GF who is also my BFF. I have no need or interest to play here thankfully

L:rose:
 
Appalling

Belle, you have my sincere sympathy and also my congratulations for having the courage to out this man. His behaviour is unforgiveable, but I offer you a word of warning; he will probably disappear a hotalyssa, but reappear with a knew name, persona, history and so on. Be careful. I wish you all the best.
 
My deepest condolences on losing your father.

It is better to finally know the truth. And thanks for sharing your story.
 
I wondered at first what catfishing was :eek:, but have followed this thread a couple of days now. It's no surprise to me that you found how twisted and manipulative some men can be: that you were duped is no bad reflection on you.
You posted as a warning to other people and to that I would add this from my own limited experience. I'm not sure how it happens, how the conmen are able to home in on people, but when you are vulnerable, whether through bereavement or illness, then you need to be doubly on your guard. Unfortunately, when we are in turmoil, we reach out for help, often blindly and do things we normally wouldn't. After my father died, we had a conman came to call on my mother and was basically trying to dupe her into selling the property. Happily my elder brothers were able to see past his tricks and he was sent packing.
Please don't feel badly for what you did or how you were led astray. It shows you are human and trusting. What we all need at difficult times is real flesh and blood friends who we already trust. White knights or sympathetic listeners, who oddly share your background are just an illusion. If they're genuine, they should advise you to get the hell off the internet.
:rose:
 
sucky.


I haven't been betrayed in that way but other ways, led on and lied to for long periods of time and then screwed over, that's why i don't do the online shit anymore.





also sorry to hear about your father.
 
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