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I met my dream girl & we dated for 2.5 years without meeting, then she vanished… I can’t get over what was going on
A MAN was shocked after learning why his dream girl, with whom he was ready to move in, vanished out of the blue.
Online dating is quite similar to gambling - you never know what you're getting yourself into...and one man, from Ireland, had quite an unlucky experience.
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Like many people these days, Rob, an apprentice tattoo artist, turned to Tinder to find love after leaving a long-term relationship of seven years.
Desperate to fix the heartbreak, he matched with a young woman named Sarah, a blonde stunner from Dublin who works in the fashion industry.
But more than 2.5 years of chatting, the two had never met up in person, despite opening up and being vulnerable to one another.
Then, a few months ago, Sarah vanished out of the blue, leaving Rob concerned about her well-being.
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Trying to figure out what's going on, he approached the MTV show, Catfish UK, which sees hosts, Oobah Butler and Geordie Shore's star, Nathan Henry, help people find out whether they've been catfished.
''At the time, I was getting over a break-up with my ex-girlfriend of seven years and Sarah had also come out of a long-term relationship, so we really bonded over that.
''She's always been there when I needed her.
''We can chat on a deeper level. We've even discussed me moving to Dublin so that we could be closer to each other.
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''This could be the one for me.''
Seeing how devastated the young man was and how much he wanted to finally understand why she had disappeared, Oobah and Nathan set off to work.
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Trying to solve the mystery, the duo began by searching up Sarah's phone number and using reverse image search online to find out where the photos had come from.
However, to no avail, as there were no results.
Another solution to try and put the pieces together was putting her name and ''Dublin'' in the search bar - and with one little tweak of adding ''Fashion Styling'', the hosts managed to track her down.
After learning the truth - that Sarah did in fact have social media when she had been saying she didn't use it - Rob was upset.
''It's not fair. I've given her everything.''
However, things came to a shocking head when the team arranged to meet up with the woman in a park in Dublin.
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Here, the three were greeted by Sarah - the very same woman Rob had been talking to for years... accompanied by another male who turned out to be a new Romeo in her life.
''You don't think it's invasive to come into my life, get me connected with you [...] and just cut me out?
''I thought you could be dead.''
Trying to explain her side of story, Sarah, who started to date her new partner three months ago, said: ''A lot of that has to do with me, I'll admit.
''But geographically, you know we don't live in the same place exactly.''
Rob went on: ''It's really bittersweet - that you're here, you're okay [...] but it does hit me.
''2.5 years is a long time.''
''You're still my spider monkey,'' Sarah said, after revealing she still found him attractive.
''Now is my time to make it up, [...] I want to show Rob that he can trust people again.''
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Two months later, Rob was happy to finally have the closer he needed to be able to move on.
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Catfish UK airs on MTV every Wednesday at 9pm.
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