A female netizen shared her views about being catfished by a guy while using a dating app.
She claimed that the guy that she matched with used photos to portray a K-pop star look but was shocked and disappointed when she found out how he actually looks like. She is contemplating whether to meet with the guy first or ghost him straight.
Here is her story:
“Tldr- should I reject a guy who looks significantly different from his pics on a dating app?Recently I got matched to this guy on a dating app. A big part on why I swiped him is that he has that k drama star look. We chatted via whatsapp for about a week and found that we click pretty well. He soon asked me out and we will be meeting for dinner in a few day’s time. The problem is this, I just found out by chance about his very recent pics from other sources. Tbh, I was surprised and disappointed at the same time about how he looked. We exchanged ig and I saw that his dating app pics were taken 2-3 years back. His ig has not been updated regularly since then and most of his pics were of scenery and group pics where his face is too small to be seen. While he looked cute and vibrant back then, his face has become much rounder, his hair has thinned and he aged quite a fair bit. He’s a high achiever at work and I think it might be his job stresses that cause him to age but still I’m really disappointed. If he has used his current pics, I’d have passed him over srsly. At this stage, should I ghost him straight? Or should I go for the dinner and see, then decide if to ghost him afterwards?”
Source: NUSWhispers