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r/Offmychest I'm Catfish Dating My Own Father

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4.910.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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0:00 Intro 0:08 Catfish 3:45 Soccer tickets 6:59 Inheritance 9:49 The will 12:32 Sikh family Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0

I've been catfishing my own grieving father for two years, and it's the only thing keeping him alive.

1:03.8

I feel sick even typing this out. And I know how insane and predatory the title sounds, but I have

1:10.3

nobody else to tell.

1:11.7

My mom passed away three years ago after 40 years of marriage to my dad.

1:16.5

They were that soulmate couple everyone hated because they were so perfect.

1:20.9

When she died, my dad didn't just grieve.

1:24.1

He just stopped.

1:25.7

He stopped eating, stopped going to the woodworking shop, and just sat in his

1:29.8

recliner staring at the wall. I tried everything. Therapy, grief groups, staying with him, nothing worked.

1:36.9

He told me point blank that he was just waiting to join her. About two months ago, in a moment of

1:43.1

total desperation, I did something I regret

1:46.0

every single day. I knew that my mom used to play this obscure online word strategy game. She had

1:52.8

a group of internet friends that she played with for a decade. I logged into her old iPad,

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