Online Relationships: Real Connections or Catfish Scams

This style of dating has become the norm of a generation that has been weened on the internet as their goto for just about every aspect of modern life.

Shopping, working, socializing with friends, and now dating and relationships. The question is how to build a lasting connection with just a photo and some words on the screen.

Without the personal and emotional componate. It is boiled down to simple words on the screen. Especially in the instance of long-distance relationships.

Lacking intimacy, we are left with the cold, clinical connection to a cellphone screen or computer screen. As such, it’s very difficult to connect on a deep level. This is true when one party gets distracted and doesn’t respond in the middle of a chat.

Further, invariably, the woman wants the many to accept traditional gender roles such as financial support without bringing anything to the table themselves.

It’s amazing in a time of third wave feminism how the women want men who emaccept their traditional gender role. When they themselves won’t, many times reciprocate the actions or sentiment.

Further, a majority of women have taken to the tactic of (Popping Up) in social media apps without prior contact sliding into the man’s dms and after a brief introduction request financial support without preamble.

It’s not only a bit rude but also presumptuous that the man would simply acquiesce to such an unreasonable and forward type of request.

Especially without bringing anything to the table to even warrant entertaining such a request. The women of today appear to not only be self-centered. But also entitled and spoiled believing their body alone would warrant acquiescence to such a demand.

As stated lacking the emotional and intimacy components, men are left to consider the possibility of future sexual release as the only net positive of even considering such an obvious self-serving proposal out of hand.

Further, even after conversing for an extended period of time, the women are more likely to (expect) men to acquiesce to their financial demand in order to continue to grace the man with their time.

As if the man’s own needs, desires, and time are virtually worthless in comparison. Sadly, all too often lonely men will sacrifice their own needs and wellbeing for a woman who is simply using them for financial gain effective using him as an online bank.

Then she hit him up whenever she was running low of funds. With no intention of actually having a future with the hapless guy. This occurs all too often. As well as women posing as looking for a boyfriend only to reveal themselves as sex workers In disguise.

This brings us to the final type of encounter that of the person posing either as someone they are not using someone else’s photo, name or even may be a guy themselves. This is commonly known as catfishing.

This occurs for several reasons, either it is a less than attractive individual who tries to date above their level. Or it is done as a con, scam, or deceit in order to fool an unsuspecting man to enter into a financial relationship for personal gain. Using the hapless individual as a continued source of funds rather than a legal profession.

Conclusion: Online dating is an emotional minefield wrought with pitfalls and rife opportunities for making possible lasting connections interspersed with narcissistic individuals who are self-serving at the expense of whoever is unlucky enough to cross their paths.

Further, without ever meeting face to face, such a relationship is a crap shoot at best with happiness or emotional and financial hardship at the worst. All relying on a roll of the dice.

The best advice I can give is to let the dater beware. If they seem too good to be true, then it probably is a con or scam. Remember, if your gut tells you there’s something wrong , block them and move one. There is more fish in the sea. And more potential people out there.

Don’t be a victim or a convenient goto for funds for a conman or scammer.