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A man named Sonny thought he met the woman of his dreams online, but she turned out to be a catfish (defined as "someone pretending to be someone they are not, or someone that is misrepresenting their looks online). She had many pictures that he liked on Instagram, and he even Facetimed with her before traveling to meet her in person for the first time, online to find out that she used filters to make parts of her body look different. This eventually came out later when they meet in person in Miami.
They First Met Online, but She Looks Different in Person
Their relationship was going pretty good, so they wanted to meet in person. So Sonny paid $400 for the woman to fly to Miami to meet him at his apartment.
But when he actually meets her, he realizes that the images she posted on Instagram were heavily filtered and Photoshopped. Because after meeting her in person, Sonny says: "She looked nothing like her social media photos."
The woman starts to get upset and yell, so he recorded the audio of their encounter. In his personal recording, as she argues that her photos are real, he says: "It's not even a debate, it's not the same thing at all."
Sonny felt that the woman acted like a catfish online. He posted a video of his first time meeting with her in Miami, and his video went viral.
Sonny says that while the woman was not ugly, he was still deceived. He believes she was a catfish online. His viral encounter in person with her was in Miami.
This man's story was featured on Dr. Phil's show, on an episode titled, "Social Media vs. Reality: Addicted to Likes?"
Watch the video below:
Question:
Do you think it's okay for a person you meet online to misrepresent themself online and use filters?
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