Catfish not just Dinner I can’t help but smile. “I love you” he says, “We should meet soon.” “I love you too, and soon darling, don’t worry we’ll meet soon.” I reply and shut off my computer. I lay in my bed wondering, when will be the end? When will I no longer be able to keep up this charade? I’m not who he thinks I am there is no way we can ever meet. I’ll tell him soon just not yet. I’m not ready to lose him. Your probably think I’m sick in the head. How could I string someone along in a relationship and lie to them? I don’t feel like I’m lying though, it’s not as if I’m making up a whole other life like some people do on the internet. I just don’t think I’m pretty enough to be his type and I really like him. Being a petite woman who is a size three with blonde hair, was just the pretty picture I needed to get his attention. The personality and the person he talks to on the phone are all me. There’s no real harm right? Everyone lies on the internet! Over 25% of dating now starts online, through chat rooms, social websites, or even dating websites. Catfishing has become a real epidemic on the internet. Starting for reasons like revenge, loneliness, and another way of stalking. Catfishing crosses many lines of right and wrong within society and now is starting to be recognized as a cyber-crime. Many feel sickened by the idea and even start to suggest the person doing these things is mentally ill or shouldn’t be allowed to participate in regular society, or at least online since being ousted. Although some may have mental illnesses, most are people looking for attention they are not getting elsewhere. Attentions they don’t believe they can get do to their physical appearance. When getting into the topics of revenge and stalking is when you start breaking some pretty serious laws. The internet is an easy place to slowly collect information about someone you are getting to know. If one doesn’t have their privacy settings set