I am aware this will make me look like a horrible person.

I arrived a few minutes early to a date in a coffee shop downtown. In the shop, there was only Asians and me, a caucasian female. I saw a Haitian man walk in (my date was Haitian) but he looked nothing like the picture I had seen. The picture I saw was a fit, well-dressed and shaved man. Whom I had in front of me was the exact opposite. I got a text saying

“I am here”

Now, being the only white female in the place and him the only Haitian, there was really no way we could miss each other but he managed to not see me, so I thought, maybe I should try to ‘escape’. I had never done that before, but I felt like I had been catfished, lied to and had no idea how to handle that situation.

So I put on my hat and headed towards the door, praying he wouldn’t see me.

He did.

He chased after me in the street.

He apologized for being late and asked if I still wanted to get a coffee, or maybe take a walk. I cannot lie if my life depended on it. My face gets all twisted and awkward. I said, in the most polite way I could manage to find “Sorry, I am not attracted to you” while really meaning “Sorry, you scammed me with someone else’s picture”

Then started the screaming, about how he had a few girls’ numbers in his phone (good for you), that I was rude. I let him get it out of his system, saying nothing. At some point, I started defending myself a bit, but I saw that didn’t work really well either. I then proceeded to agree with his statements, that I was a horrible person.

Eventually he said everything he had to say.

I blocked his number and profile and went to drink with friends.

I learned that if you see a model-like picture of a man and no other pictures; that is most likely not him.