I’m catfishing my own boyfriend – now he’s cheating on me with me, I feel dirty & hate myself but dont know how to stop [Video]

CATFISHING, where someone creates a fake online persona to trick others, has become pretty common with the rise of social media.

While we often hear about strangers using it to pull emotional or financial scams, it can also happen in closer relationships – and even between romantic partners. 

One girlfriend found herself in a sticky situation after catfishing her own boyfriend.

The woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, discovered that her boyfriend is cheating on her with the fake online character that she created herself. 

Desperate for some advice, the girlfriend took to online forum Mumsnet and explained her side of the story. 

She wrote: “I’ve been going through a difficult period with the death of my father, and I’ve been feeling insecure and slightly all over the place.

“I haven’t found my boyfriend of two and a half years to be as supportive as expected, and I’ve had …