In love with a streamer

[Buttercupflying]

Hi everyone im Falling for a bigo host ive been gifting and chatting 2 this person offline not just bigo and we chat 4 long hours on insta but im Starting to catch feelings we have a bit of flirt time also but nothing to deep the flirt bit happeend once out of no where. Does he like me or because i gift? Also watched a movie via because i was higher gifter but he hinted for me to get higher to win. He started the flirt bit not me we chat for ages on call one on one please am i being silly here

@Buttercupflying

He doesn't like you. Just the money. Please stop giving strangers off the internet your money and time.

I think this whole thread is bullshit

@Buttercupflying

Take a look at some of these cases with ''internet boyfriends''

It's horrifying.

So so so many women get sucked in.

It's a mental illness.

This women is 63, but there are younger women who pay out fortunes own what is a fantasy.

Put that money on a bank account for you and your son to go on holiday and have nice treats at Christmas etc. Don't waste it on that fraudster, once he realises you've stepped back he'll dump you for another target.

If you're lonely, volunteer in a local charity shop, food bank or similar. Get a job as that's another way to meet people or join a sports group. Have a look at meet up and see if there's a hobby group you'd like to join in your area:

https://www.meetup.com/

I’m older but do understand all the cultural references as I game and did in fact stream briefly a long while ago but got harassed and the only money made was direct to a charity that myself and others supported.

This man is not in to you at all. You are getting some criticism for your punctuation, it tells me another tale.

Step away and never ever give money to any kind of streamer. It is not a real friendship. It is purely transactional.

Op as one autistic person to another, I think you’re using this as an escape from your life. If you stop, the fantasy ends and you have to go back to reality. I used to be like this although I’d never have given anyone money. I don’t know what the answer is though as don’t know what your life is like. But if you are going to do stuff like this, maybe you should be the one making the money, not giving it,

Honestly, I think you need to wean yourself off these kind of sites - as others have said, it sounds like an addiction. Use your money for treats for yourself and your son. Don't let your son anywhere near this guy.

Thank u all i appreciate all the advice ive decided im going 2 stop watching his lives and keep my Instagram open 2 his messages 2 see if or if he stops messaging me no more gifs being sent from as of now

Ordinarily one would think so...

But look at the ''Catfished'' women who get sucked in to online scammers.

It's actually scary that people are that easily suckered in to a scammer online.

OP, I say this as kindly as I can, but you need to cut contact and stop spending money on this. A quick google shows what a scam it can be and their only aim is to encourage people to spend money.

Please don't believe anything that is said to you, step away from it and try and find something else to occupy your time.

Why leave the door open? Just block him, you know deep down why he’s talking to you, because of the donations. Keeping dms open will likely end with you just being sucked back in

I think I fell in with you.

I don't believe you will op.
You need to block and move on he's scamming you and you bypassing all the flags.

@Isometimeswonder I wish it was BS. I do still occasionally watch streamers and was friends with one and gamed with him. He is quite well known in the game we played, no money ever exchanged hands.

When you watch streams people can earn currency or make donations. They flash up on screen and many a time it would say ‘Isometimeswonder’ has donated £50 or 5000 carrots, diamonds or whatever currency was bought with real money. That person then gets a shout out and the streamer interacts. For some getting a shoutout when say perhaps thousands of people are watching is a big ego boost an I have been noticed moment. It preys completely on the lonely.

It may, or may not be. If the OP is genuine then I really hope that they heed the message coming across loud, and clear. It is rather naive to believe that this never happens in real life though, it obviously does, and if this thread helps some other people, then so good.

No, just block him on absolutely everything. He may contact you even if you do stop gifting him, this won't be because he likes you or misses you, but to try to reel you back in. Just block him, none of it is real and leaving communication channels open to home just gives him the opportunity to sweet talk you into gifting him again.

Just block him OP, you have nothing to gain by communicating with him, in fact you just stand to lose.

Oh ffs grow up and stop giving randoms 'gifts'

The arrogance of the people who are unable to understand this thread yet think that’s a) worth mentioning and b) someone else’s fault.

Agree with everyone saying put a stop to it OP. These scammers are skilled at telling you what you want hear. You’ll find loads of posts about it if you google.

Me too. I feel like I’ve entered the Twighlight zone. If this was a tattle type forum I’d be having some words to the op but as it’s ‘nicer’ I’ll just leave, feeling old and baffled but thankfully not easily led.

Me too, I have no idea what any of this means it's like a foreign language.

Thanks for the explanation. Oh my, what a sad world some people live in.

He doesn't interact with others, only people who gift. But I don't know if it's just for money.

Seriously can you hear yourself? How much have you 'gifted' this twat already?

You don’t know him. You see the bits of his “life” that he puts on line. The things he says and shows may be real or may not be, but you have no way of judging which is which because you don’t know him.

just spotted your update OP, well done. As others have said, block him completely or he will be trying to lure you and your gifts back into his web.

I thought the thread was that you were in love with a steamer but I think this is worse 😂