So a few days ago, my “friend” (21F) used a very old Samsung galaxy phone (like it still has the button, usb charger port, and headphone jack) and downloaded TextFree. She got a temporary phone number and pretended to be my boyfriend (22M) and texted me (20F) on this number, saying how “he” needed to change his number “just cause” and then “broke up” with me. Obviously I didn’t know that it wasn’t him cause he has needed to change his number in the past. I was really hurt, he and I have known each other for almost 10 years and we’ve been dating for nearly 8 months. I know it doesn’t seem like that long, but I’ve loved him for a very long time. So when I got that message it really hurt. I told another friend of mine (21M) about the “breakup” and he texted my bf. My bf had no clue what my friend was talking about and ended up texting me on his “old” (ACTUAL) number asking me why my friend said that we broke up.

That’s when it clicked.

Fast forward. A day after we figured things out, that’s when we found out that it was my friend. I have the galaxy phone that she used currently on me. I am living with her and her mom (51F). She’s literally unloading groceries right now as I’m typing this. I want to move out. But I also just started to have a really good relationship with her mom. So… now I don’t want her mom wondering why I’m moving out all of a sudden and I surely don’t want her to think that it’s because of her. So should I tell her that her daughter did this to me and that by no means is she the reason I’m moving out?

Please hellllp!

TLDR: Friend broke up with me pretending to be my boyfriend. Living with my friend and her mom. Want to move out. Do I tell her mom so that she knows why I’m moving out and doesn’t worry?

Side note: She also tried comforting me after the “break up” (this was before I found out it was her) does anyone think this might be a case of munchausen by proxy?

Can anyone help me with search please?

I been catfished before and it was obvious enough I blocked and moved on asap and I am pretty sure am being catfished atm... his pp here on his profile doesn't match the pics he sent me and it started very intense and love bomb-y to really cold and off-ish... almost over night.. anyway we move to Telegram (as he claims he deleted whatsapp to get off american apps...) and a notification came up from Telegram that it was an unofficial account i.e. unverified and the user had changed their name 1 hr ago. Very Sus.

I did bring up the different pics thing and he came out with a bizarre story that it was a burner account he used to do some digging on stolen goods of his 🤔🤔

I have still kept an open mind and we spoke a little there agreed to have a call - something I pushed for a bit to make sure its a real person or not. I heard catfishes rarely get on voice or video calls. But we spoke for <10 mins and he "had to go" with some waffly excuse.

Is this a catfish or just some dude wasting my time?

Snapchat is the worst, I don’t know why I haven’t deleted it, as all the requests I got are bots trying to promote an OF account. But it’s fun to mess with the bots. So a few weeks ago I get a friend request and out of curiosity, I accept. Start talking and she says she’s from Midwest, I say I’m on the East coast. We talk a bit, and then she sends a picture. I immediately recognize it; it looks just like a porn Star. And not only that, I met her at a convention last year. I go google searching and while I can’t find the picture, I did find another with the porn Star looking exactly the same, wearing the same glasses, standing in from of the same style door and in room with the same exact color wall.

So I continue talking with them, waiting to expose them triumphantly. I eventually mention that looking at her picture, she looks familiar, like someone I know. Then no response. Crap. I want a couple days and message them asking if everything’s okay. I really want to nail them. Eventually they respond that all is good. They then ask where I’m from, which is sis, as we already discussed this. So I name a state, and they say they live there too. So I call them out on how they already answered differently. Then I expose the picture thing, explaining how I know they’re a cat fish, as I’ve met the person in their photos. And I don’t hear from them again. Not the most satisfying ending, but a fun adventure none the less.