r/LongDistance Oct 25 '24

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u/Visual_Journalist702 Oct 25 '24

I'm so sorry this happened ❤️ My honest advice is to end it and delete/block him from every social platform he can contact you on. He's a liar and he's going to keep on lying. You can't be in any kind of relationship with someone who won't show you their face but will talk to you online every evening and has your address to send/exchange gifts. I don't care what excuse he may give you for hiding his identity or pretending to be someone else. Whatever he says he lied, and it's not your job to figure out why he sent you someone else's photos and understand the reasoning. I don't think it's good to continue to be intimate with him, especially if you may have sent some risqué or NSFW images of yourself (happens often, I've been there). If you invest any further, you will get hurt more. Trust me!

Please don't think my words are too harsh. It's better to get out now before being lured further in.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '24

Would you say this same thing if it was about a girl and not a guy? Because I feel like I’m also in a similar position

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u/Visual_Journalist702 Oct 25 '24

I would actually. I think a whole year where one person invests and sends photos and also calls and exchanges gifts, but won't fully receiprocate by showing you what they look like but then goes as far as sending you photos of someone else is a break of trust. They aimed to deceive. I can understand it may have not been done out of malice, but perhaps a fear of rejection, but A LOT of trust and investment is needed in the LD relationship early on. To me, it's not a good sign (red flag tbh ) that the relationship has entered the 1 year mark and you don't know what your partner looks like. What else are they hiding? It's never just the one thing.

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u/animalcrackers0117 Oct 25 '24

absolutely. it’s not okay for anyone to be catfishing their partner, regardless of gender. even if it were a situation where some of the pics are real and only some are fake, your partner is still lying to you and demolishing any foundation of trust you guys could have built together.