'I'm not letting someone like him go': Date fails successfully when a woman gets completely catfished, only to discover that she loves her date despite his appearance

When you're online dating, you trust that the person you're seeing on the other end is genuine. Of course you want them to have a genuine personality– something that matches seamlessly with your own humor, trauma, and interests– but when you're dealing with strangers online, it's also hard to fight the worry that they're not who they say they are. Catfishing is a term coined decades ago and used to describe that horrible hoodwinkery that goes down when you meet an online companion in person, only to find out that they look nothing like they said they did. In extreme cases, a catfish incident is more than deception… it's a little scary.

In this case, one woman was caught in the cross-hairs of a dastardly catfish, although instead of running the other direction, she decided to give the guy a chance despite his unexpected appearance. After going on a first date with a guy who looked nothing like his profile pictures, the woman fell head-over-heels for (drumroll please)…. his personality. 

Scroll for the full tale of how one amazing guy accidentally hid behind a selection of old photos, turning his insecurities into the love of his life. For more lovely stories, check out this collection of guys who really missed the mark when it comes to hookups, waltzing right by every flirty hint and finding embarrassment instead of love.

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