There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

by Anna Akbari

but if I married either one of you, you’d transform into the same person. Crazzzzzzy.”

The first night? Jeez.

he said with an air of authority about my work.

Ew

“So not only will you give me heart attacks, you’ll also give me headaches.”

Reading this in a non flirty way makes E sound like an ass

“You want my diagnosis? For what purpose? How are your periods? Consistent? Painful? How long do they last? Because those questions are pretty much the same thing as you interrogating my diagnosis.” Whoa. Clearly I’d triggered him.

Girl...it has been 4 days be so fr rn do not take this shit

Uh, ya think??

You’re good at giving the right answers,”

AH

“With most other women I’m interested in, I wouldn’t even consider sleeping with them when there’s a definite possibility that we’re not exclusive.”

Didnt he hook up with someone on NYE???

The unfair judgments killed my confidence.

He knocked me down, only to create an opportunity for him to pick up the pieces. It felt icky. The emotional drama was taking a toll.

Ew

“Yooooooooooo.

going for a run

WITH THROAT CANCER???

And it ain’t this; it ain’t me at this juncture in time.”

doesnt seem like how he would usually talk

WHAT

I hate him

what the hell??? why is she putting up with this!? love can truly be blind sometimes, good god

hehe

Ethan was skilled at pressing just the right buttons and displaying the perfect amount of vulnerability to somehow stop otherwise rational people from behaving normally.

with no more secrets or lies.

doubt it!

Emily Slutsky.

WHAT ... ES????

It seems he wasn’t entirely the gentleman he painted himself to be.

shocking!

(A courtesy he did not extend to me.)

bastard

he called her his girlfriend, and told her for the first time that he loved her.

two. WEEKS.

(thank you very much),

hahahaha

I couldn’t have asked for better partners in crime-solving.

girl power!

3:01 p.m. EST

Why is this bold?

British Anna realized she’d actually spoken on the phone with Emily before—for an hour—when she’d posed as Ethan’s sister, Riva, with whom she’d corresponded at length.

I knew it!!!

Wow. So much for the money not being a bribe.

Ethan’s and Emily’s personalities were eerily similar.

Why is that eerie? Theyre the same person...

They were both victims, both broken.

*insert major eye roll*

It ended before it could ever begin.

Im torn

woman who was becoming a doctor.

Is this just a giant persuasive essay???