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courteousOrange6472
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Making a Bad Thing Worse
General Support / by courteousOrange6472
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 July 3rd, 2025
...See more This is a long time needed confession. The short of it? I’ve been catfishing a woman for well over a year and earlier this week she told me she has aggressive cancer. My guilt over it all had me contemplating coming clean or ending things way before this, but fear of hurting her kept me from it. Ultimately, I just hoped we’d lose interest and it would end. I’m not looking for sympathy, I don’t deserve it. Now what? Do I tell her the truth and hurt her while she’s already dealing with something awful? I obviously can’t go see her when I’m lying like this, but I don’t want her to think that I don’t care. Waiting until the end just doesn’t feel right.
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