#catfished

Then i thought of all the examples of bullying that have led to teenagers taking their own lives and how it always seems as though the bullying is a monster that takes on a life of its own. It seems as if there's no way to stop it.

But then I remember my childhood and the times where bullying wasn't allowed. In fourth grade, none of my classmates harassed me. Not because they couldn't. But because my teacher promptly shut it down in the first week.

Same thing happened in 5th grade. The first half of the year people were verbally, physically and sexually harassing me. I didn't understand it and it was getting worse. The more the people at school participated the worse it got at home. However, halfway through the year we got a new teacher who not only put a stop to all the bullying in school but at home they stopped bullying me too. It was the most peaceful time of my life. In fact, my family started talking TO me instead of AT me. They also allowed me to go shopping for school clothes and buy a bra. Previously they had made me wear oversized clothes and refused to allow me a bra. Which was one of the reasons boys were sexually harassing me and girls were angry because they said that I was too poor to buy a bra and that I was purposely trying to get attention from the boys.

Anyways, in middle and high-school I had to put up with bullying by both students and teachers. Because the administration participated in harassing me, my parents abuse escalated at home. They made me have intercourse with my older, disabled brother. It got worse in senior year when they forced us to have sex again.

My employers and colleges all helped my family recruit and solicit men to stalk and approach me. They created space for these men to force me to go on dates. They created schemes with my family to try to manipulate me to be Muslim, to have children, and to become a prostitute. They encouraged people to sexually harass me. And they harassed me until I felt i had to quit school and work.

It was a cycle where my hardwork was seen as a joke. I was forced to drop out of college numerous times due to severe emotional distress caused by students and teachers harassing me.

So, now I know. I know that they could've stopped the trafficking. At the very least, they could've made my schools and jobs trafficking free. But instead they encouraged and participated. They made my family feel invincible and took my life away from me.

Villain!Ghost: I actually believe in love, hope, and kindness. I try every day to be a little better than I was yesterday

Soap:

i didn’t expect it to happen to me

but it did and am not ashamed

they slid in online… said they were a badass military mom, posted up on some far-off peacekeeping mission… strong, caring, protective… with a sweet 10-year-old daughter they adored

said they lost their parents in a tragic plane crash when they were like 10 years old

grew up in an orphanage… no family… only resilience

built themselves into someone strong their parents would’ve been super proud of

and you know what… that kind of story?

it hits a part of me that wants to believe in people like that

because i admire survivors… especially badass women who turn pain into power

red flags? oh, plenty af

like their grammar had me flinching like i’d stepped on legos

funny — they said they were a staff sergeant with 23 years of service, writing daily reports but every other message barely made sense at times

like hey am no grammar cop (self-proclaimed queen of typos, thank you very much) but even i was like… wait a damn minute

still, i gave them grace

cause real life is pretty messy

cause connection matters you know

until the red flags turned into like a whole damn parade...

maybe part of the reason i cared so deeply even when i sensed something was off — is cause yearssss ago (in another lifetime) i loved someone deployed in a war zone

they were the real deal

like i remember praying pretty much every night, hoping they’d make it back from patrols

there were close calls… people they knew didn’t come home

and that type of experience kinda leaves an imprint you know

so when this scammer started talking about missions, patrols, near-death calls… it reopened old memories

like the caring wasn’t fake… that part was real

they just didn’t deserve it

also cause somewhere in that fucking mess…

they kinda painted a picture

a badass woman i would’ve fallen for

a protector with a heart, holding it down for her kid, building dreams

and i’ve got a soft spot for people like that...

then "christy" — the daughter — emailed me after supposedly receiving their lil birthday gift

same effin’ typing… same effin’ rhythm

it was like watching a puppet show where the puppeteer forgot to change voices eh

the illusion cracked...

then came the gold bars story (yep, gold bars)

120kg of them

apparently being sent to me — if i just helped with the “delivery fees”

(i was like… babe, if you planned your retirement, you should’ve planned for the shipping cost too eh… logistics 101)

anyway… i didn’t pay

i did send kindness

but now am sending truth

cause this shitt can happen to anyone

to smart people

to guarded people

to people who just wanted connection during a hard moment

they didn’t steal my money — but they tried to steal something far more valuable… hope

and they fucking failed

because i still believe in kindness

in people

in love that doesn’t need a uniform, a lameass script or stolen photos

i’ll meet the real thing one day

built not on lies but on laughter, truth and forehead kisses

if you’re reading this and you’ve been thru it too?

you’re not broken

you’re not dumb

you’re just human

let it sharpen you, not harden you

let it guide you, not define you... you know

there’s still magic

still real love

still truly amazing badass people worth believing in

as for the fucking scammer, excuse my french?

well, hopefully you heal, bruh

cause karma’s a better writer than me — and she’s already working on your ending...

New drama between Motley Crue's Tommy Lee and his (ex)wife, Brittany Furlan suddenly got to involve Ronnie Radke when Brittany came out w having a secret "relationship" with "Ronnie" for like 1 1/2months. Seems like she's been catfished by a fake Ronnie Radke account.

Ronnie already posted a video about how people are stupid enough to believe these scammers being around literally every celebrity out there since day1, now he revealed the burlesque and surreal issue Brittany put him to all over the internet, by publishing their dms.

RockFeed helps by gathering the same resources, but also commenting and summarizing the situation. Ronnie's actual latest move was posting a LAPD detective's personal card meaning he's planning the subject being shared with the police.