Have you ever been catfished before? Or know someone who has?

[DolceAmore]

[I-am-a-nobody]

OK, so now I know what "catfishing" means.
Back in my day, we went by face to face meetings and not by cgi enhanced digital photography. Yeah, there was makeup, but there wasn't as much back then in my estimation.

By the way, the girl at the top is probably looking at her worst. That is, she'll get much better looking from here. Eventually her braces will come off and the zits will disappear/diminish. Her naturally oily skin will look great in her 40's when other women might have leathery skin.

[Yumix]

catfishing for me is when someone uses pics of a completely different person and pretends to be that one, not just hiding behind a ton of makeup

[wildchildx]

Ikr if it's the latter tbh I'm a catfish

[Yumix]

thanks for MHO :P

[wildchildx]

The first girl would be prettier if she wore LESS makeup. In some ways, she's prettier in the first pic, just had that acne. A bit of foundation and concealer, some mascara, maybe some eyeliner... that's all.

The highlight looks fake af. The overdrawn eyebrows look much more Andy Rooney than Cara Delevingne.

[Cmasterson]

Yes I have and he still never admitted to me, I met him in year 7 so I was fairly young and towards the end of our friendship it never really ended-ended but we just stopped talking and I knew that he was one, but he never really came out and said it. LOL

[Chanel1981]

Not necessarily catfished but I met a guy who had pictures that were obviously from before he became a meth addict, true story!

[Hannah591]

You mean catfished through make-up? No, as guys tends not to wear any.

[JimRSmith]

Not in the way depicted by your examples, no, thank God. I'm pretty careful like that.

Anybody who's used GAG for any length of time will have been catfished by a profile on here at one time or another, though.

[sodaa_popp]

I was almost catfished, but I screen my dates before meeting up. A brief video-chat is the least I require before I am willing to give up my time to meet someone I do not know.

[Anonymous]

I guess it depends on what you mean by that term. Have I interacted with people who aren't who they claim to be? Absolutely. That basically describes 95% of the "hot girl" profiles on here. But I think "real" catfishing involves the person actually taking the interaction seriously, which I never do. So I think that means I haven't been catfished.

[rgb008]

At least that girl can admit she's the reason people have trust issues 😂😂😂

[UltraGamer]

yeah, been garnished on facebook. also natural is much better.

[SomeGuy37]

What is this 'catfished' thing? Sorry, I don't know these made-up terms for things!

[JustinTheGreat]

Catfish is when someone online lies about them self faking their pictures, usually to lure people into relationships

[SomeGuy37]

@JustinTheGreat So just more BS posts, like dudes pretending to be girls, and asking personal stuff!!
Thanks for clarifying!!

[JustinTheGreat]

Yup! Now you know the lingo and whenever you come across a "How do I look?" question with an obviously fake picture you can go, "You're a catfish!"

[SomeGuy37]

@JustinTheGreat I think I would rather just avoid the 'How do I look' posts, as shallow, pleas for attention, from poor meager souls with no self-esteem!!

[RolandCuthbert]

I know a lot of guys who have been scammed in a way similar to catfishing.

[PrincessPie]

No i know when someone is using a fake picture or pretending to be someone they're not :)

[Killervalentine112]

yeah I have been catfished before. whether it was someone that was entirely different person or someone that was so much younger than I was

[JustinTheGreat]

Yeah I have.
the people in the pictures aren't really catfishing though

[Anonymous]

Yeah in a way but I never met them and when they started asking for money then I knew they were a scammer too

[tobbyboby]

stop using so much makeup and your skin won't be so bad

[xnxstxsix]

there's no correlation between how much makeup you wear and whether you have good or bad skin

[rascalRAH]

dont date online so no

[Anonymous]

If just makeup make you a catfish then there are plenty of fishes here 😈

[spnsfi]

"Natural look is so much better!!!"

(lol)

[Bleh-___-]

No but I've catfished hurhur.

[beautifulangel76]

Yes. It's pretty easy to tell

[alice55]

Never but my mother had

[rocsteady12]

nope i can't fall for somebody i never seen

[fueledbythc]

No. I try to stay in reality.