I wanted to see whether I would get more matches because I’ve always wanted to feel what it’s like being attractive to lots of people. I used the pictures of this good-looking guy from my college who’s also a semi-influencer and I got twice as many likes and way more matches than my real account. I ended up talking to someone for a few days and they were great, we clicked. I actually liked them.

However I completely forgot I wasn’t “me”, and I was completely leading them on and catfishing them. I feel like a huge dick and deleted this fake profile after they asked for my snap. This was one of the shittiest things I’ve done online and I genuinely feel so bad, I wish I could apologize to them in person. I just wanted to feel validated and experience what most attractive people go through online dating. My insecurities got the best of me. I hate being ghosted myself, so I’ve become this insecure hypocrite who catfished and ghosted someone else.