This image/gif isn't working for me, but your sig is gold here. That's exactly how I picture jlm/L&L/vaba/whatever other AEs she had responding to this.
You're on the wrong boards. Lol. This shit happens alllll the time on cloth diaper boards. (Weird but so true)
My Knot/Nest Anniversary board had a Catfish. She was "real" in that people met her, but her stories were very far fetched and never checked out. She also had multiple Facebooks and personas, all based in a bit of reality. She did post on ML a bit..so maybe she's here.....
Mine did too. I can't believe I had forgotten about that! It didn't all come out until after we had moved to FB, although a couple members knew but were keeping it under wraps. She was/is a real person, but has a whole history of BS on TK/TN.
You're on the wrong boards. Lol. This shit happens alllll the time on cloth diaper boards. (Weird but so true)
I'm dying here, you have no idea. I was on the CD boards for a looong time. I inadvertently started drama there and was the recipient of a donation drive when my crazy neighbor stole my CDs. Oddly, it's why I don't usually jump to cat fishing theories.
Thankfully, I was somewhat known and had met people IRL who could vouch I was real.
You're on the wrong boards. Lol. This shit happens alllll the time on cloth diaper boards. (Weird but so true)
I'm dying here, you have no idea. I was on the CD boards for a looong time. I inadvertently started drama there and was the recipient of a donation drive when my crazy neighbor stole my CDs. Oddly, it's why I don't usually jump to cat fishing theories.
Thankfully, I was somewhat known and had met people IRL who could vouch I was real.
So, I just had an inner monologue fight about how much pasta I should eat. In the middle of fighting with myself in my head, I thought, "Geez, this must be what Crazycakes McGee feels like all the time!"
Whoa. I missed this. What a stupid thing to say. Not just because it's ignorant to stereotype an entire city but really? On the anniversary of the bombings? There's just no need for that kind of vitriol.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
Whoa. I missed this. What a stupid thing to say. Not just because it's ignorant to stereotype an entire city but really? On the anniversary of the bombings? There's just no need for that kind of vitriol.
what the fuck??!?! Bitch, I'm not sure why you are living in a place so "kind and friendly" because your ass doesn't belong there. What an awful thing to say, I don't care if it was in the flamefuls or not.
My Knot/Nest Anniversary board had a Catfish. She was "real" in that people met her, but her stories were very far fetched and never checked out. She also had multiple Facebooks and personas, all based in a bit of reality. She did post on ML a bit..so maybe she's here.....
We had one one MN a few years ago. She had met up with a ton of the girls in So. Cal. and they all became pretty good friends. Then it came out that she wasn't married to someone in the military, and never had been.
Her H was a contractor for the gov't and when he was "deployed" when she "got a knock on the door" that almost made her pass out because she wasn't expecting it, he was really in Washington DC. She kept up the military story pretty well until a few of us realized that we had never seen a picture of her H in a uniform (she was a huge AW, so she posted pictures of him all the time). A couple of google searches and a call out post later, it all came out.
Omg!! I know exactly who you are talking about!! I had completely forgotten about this story. She was crazycakes!
Omg!! I know exactly who you are talking about!! I had completely forgotten about this story. She was crazycakes!
The crazy thing was that someone from the SD board had pm'd another regular from MN to tell us about her like an hour after we had started talking about how weird it was that we had never seen a picture of her H in uniform. That's when we were like "Uhhh... we should look into this..."
I met her and I'm totally drawing a blank on her name but I can totally visualize her wedding details. She was from SD but frequented the OC boards. Totally over obsessed with her wedding....that I remember. I need to text some OC girls to collect on this one.
We had one one MN a few years ago. She had met up with a ton of the girls in So. Cal. and they all became pretty good friends. Then it came out that she wasn't married to someone in the military, and never had been.
Her H was a contractor for the gov't and when he was "deployed" when she "got a knock on the door" that almost made her pass out because she wasn't expecting it, he was really in Washington DC. She kept up the military story pretty well until a few of us realized that we had never seen a picture of her H in a uniform (she was a huge AW, so she posted pictures of him all the time). A couple of google searches and a call out post later, it all came out.
Omg!! I know exactly who you are talking about!! I had completely forgotten about this story. She was crazycakes!
Who was this? Was she around during my time on the site that shall not be named?
I met her and I'm totally drawing a blank on her name but I can totally visualize her wedding details. She was from SD but frequented the OC boards. Totally over obsessed with her wedding....that I remember. I need to text some OC girls to collect on this one.
SDSU something. I can't remember exactly what.
Yes that's her!! And elleblue yes you would totally remember this chick.
I do remember her! Omg, she was a total faker? I'll never understand why people do such things. What's the endgame, what do they stand to gain? smh
As someone who was married to someone who catfished a message board - it really is just mental illness. In my exH's case it was an outlet for the things he wasn't handling in a healthy way in real life. Very sad, really.
I'm sorry MP, I didn't realize that your ex did that. We really do need better mental health care in this country.
I'm sorry MP, I didn't realize that your ex did that. We really do need better mental health care in this country.
I posted the full story at some point - I think it's still up if you search through my thread history.
He had a friend pass away from cancer or some terminal illness - and he wasn't coping well.
I'd been asking him to get therapy for years ... and this was on top of the other issues he'd been dealing with.
He ended up creating a woman persona on a message board with gamers he'd met - and over the course of months she got cancer and died. They were heartbroken. He eventually felt badly about it after seeing how upset they were, and messaged someone that it was a lie. They ended up going crazy, and started harassing me and threatening my friends and my business. It was really crazy. He eventually did get help - but that wasn't the final straw, even. Sigh.
Oh wow, what an ordeal. For everyone involved but especially you. {{{mp}}}
I'm sorry MP, I didn't realize that your ex did that. We really do need better mental health care in this country.
I posted the full story at some point - I think it's still up if you search through my thread history.
He had a friend pass away from cancer or some terminal illness - and he wasn't coping well.
I'd been asking him to get therapy for years ... and this was on top of the other issues he'd been dealing with.
He ended up creating a woman persona on a message board with gamers he'd met - and over the course of months she got cancer and died. They were heartbroken. He eventually felt badly about it after seeing how upset they were, and messaged someone that it was a lie. They ended up going crazy, and started harassing me and threatening my friends and my business. It was really crazy. He eventually did get help - but that wasn't the final straw, even. Sigh.
My brother did something like this with a myspace profile, and had several "girlfriends" when he was about 30 or so, and his wife was 20. After the guy from the profile "died", his wife made him admit to the women what was really going on, and they were really sympathetic and compassionate towards him. The whole experience ultimately destroyed their marriage.
Post by bugandbibs on Apr 17, 2014 22:59:44 GMT -5
@notquiteblushing My neighbor was trying to sell her house (way over priced) and yelled at me one time about how ugly and trashy my diapers looked sunning in my backyard. Her house overlooked our backyard and essentially complained that it was my fault her house wasn't selling. I put my diapers out to sun and then went to a BBQ. When I got back all of my diapers and hanging gear was missing. Apparently, she was having an open house while we were gone. I think she took it all down out of spite. I couldn't prove it was her, but we had been having issues and I live on a quite dead end street.
It was devastating at the time and the regs saved me by sending me diapers and gift cards to rebuild my stash. I'll never forget their kindness and generosity when I needed it.
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@notquiteblushing My neighbor was trying to sell her house (way over priced) and yelled at me one time about how ugly and trashy my diapers looked sunning in my backyard. Her house overlooked our backyard and essentially complained that it was my fault her house wasn't selling. I put my diapers out to sun and then went to a BBQ. When I got back all of my diapers and hanging gear was missing. Apparently, she was having an open house while we were gone. I think she took it all down out of spite. I couldn't prove it was her, but we had been having issues and I live on a quite dead end street.
It was devastating at the time and the regs saved me by sending me diapers and gift cards to rebuild my stash. I'll never forget their kindness and generosity when I needed it.