Question Posted Tuesday September 17 2013, 9:54 pm
I was talking to my boyfriend and I suddenly got a random text from someone. His (Lets just call him Jim) profile picture looked kind of fake and so did his name, so I asked my boyfriend if he knew him. He said yes.
Jim asked me if I was dating my boyfriend, but he asked right away... I thought it seemed kind of weird so I just ignored the message and blocked him.
My boyfriend has some jealous friends that are girls, so I'm kind of assuming it was one of them but my boyfriend said he was just with Jim... Am I overreacting?
Xui answered Thursday September 19 2013, 12:24 am: Here is what I automatically thought when I read this.
It is possible your boyfriend may know Jim, However it is also possible that one of his jealous friends had created of fake profile of this "Jim" and started drama on facebook. If Jim had suddenly out of the blue asked you this question, It may be best to tell Jim that you are in a relationship and please to not ask anymore personal questions as it makes you uncomfortable. If this person continues to harass you then yes, You may need to block this person. Unfortunately, People are drama and facebook isn't always the safest place for networking but then again that's pretty much anywhere. [ Xui's advice column | Ask Xui A Question ]
KlutzyKim answered Wednesday September 18 2013, 9:36 pm: The way this story was going my first thought was that it was your boyfriend making a fake account to see if you'd cheat on him with it(assuming it is fake)
I don't think you're necessarily overreacting because both scenarios are possible and have happened multiple times before to people. For now I'd just ignore it. Next time if you suspect a fake account is trying to add you, do a reverse google image search with their picture and see what comes up. If it comes up all over the internet, they're most likely fake. [ KlutzyKim's advice column | Ask KlutzyKim A Question ]
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