And I know you know how much time I spend looking at online dating profiles for my clients. Recently a former client came to me for advice about his daughter who was in an LDR long-distance relationship with a man she met online. He had some valid concerns: First, the girl is 19 and her online boyfriend is I can see why a father would have concerns about a potential catfish. Increasingly, younger women are falling into the emotional catfish, which can have even more devastating consequences when they end and they most often do end.
The catfish victim might have feelings of shame, may doubt their choices, feel unworthy of love and can have trouble connecting to a new suitor IRL in real life. It troubles me that so many virtual connections never make the transition into in-person dates, wasting tons of time and emotional energy in the process.
If you think you or someone you know has developed an emotional attachment to a man they met online and it may be going nowhere, here are 4 Sure Signs Your Online Boyfriend is a Catfish:. Men want physical connection and ultimately are driven to have sex with women they are attracted to. Simply put, if a man wants to date you, he will find a way to get to you.
Proceed at your own risk. If your man is only available late at night or on the weekends and he always denies your call if you ring him during off-peak hours, you are probably his side chick. He might not be a catfish, but he is playing you. There are many ways that a Facebook profile can be a dead giveaway for an online predator. Meet your e-crush early and often and do your due diligence to make sure your online boyfriend is the real deal.
The pandemic has been a wild rollercoaster ride of love for so many people. At the beginning Damona advised everyone should embrace virtual dates, then we moved onto social distance dates then back to virtual dates again.
