Am I Being Catfished?

I've been talking to a new guy who lives in South Austin, all the cool guys that I'm usually attracted to tend to live in Austin. Woe is me.  It's like just over an hour to get up there, if there is no traffic, so not completely terrible. Plus, he's South Austin, which means I wouldn't have to go deep into traffic, IF we were to actually date.  Just thinking logistics here.

So, here's the thing. Quarantine. I'm not going to hang out with someone I don't know right now.  Especially since cases have continued to increase, actually San Antonio is reporting almost 50 new cases a day since the state "reopened" on May 1.  Fucking Abbott.  

So, we started talking around April 22/23ish.  Matched on Tinder.  No bio, only 1 picture, for me it was a "eh, you're attractive swipe right thinking nothing will result from it" type of swipe.  Not that I wouldn't want something, but he just seems like "so cool" you know.  Rock and roll/alt cool dude with a beard that wears a leather jacket perfectly type.  

I mean, I should give myself more credit because I've dated a few of these kind of guys, but I always put them on this scale where they are cooler than me and I should impress them or something, when it really should be a balance.  Anyways.  

I had to work that entire weekend, and we exchanged numbers.  During the next week I suggested that maybe we could FaceTime during the work week, and he was like "Oh I work late, maybe we can do that on my next day off", which was supposed to be today, and we talked about it this morning when I asked what he was up to, and he was like, errands, blah blah, and I'm FaceTiming with a megababe later tonight.  I was like, okay cool, it's still on then.  

After my workout at 7PM, I text him that I need to check on the garden and shower, then we can video chat, and ask his timeline.  He then tells me that time got away from him and he still needs to make dinner and give his dog a bath, so asks if we can FaceTime tomorrow, and I'm like okay I guess.  What am I supposed to say?  No, it's now or never?  I just say that's fine but I'm gonna pout about it, and he apologizes and says tomorrow shouldn't be an issue.  Right.

So, here's why I'm like wondering if I'm being catfished; and this isn't the first time that feeling has crept up.  Some of the selfies he's sent me have a black line on the right or left side, like they were cropped, which I think is odd, but no big right?  He looks the same in them.  Then he sent me a picture of a picture from a computer, like the picture was all lined, I was like, what. Weird.  Also, I didn't know this, but iPhones sort the images you get sent from photos and screenshots, and there are a few screenshots he sent me.  Fucking tattle tales man!!  Thanks Apple!  

I haven't found a social media for him using his phone number (usually Instagram will show contacts, even though I don't import anything), I don't have Facebook anymore so that's out.  And then his excuse to FaceTiming me.  Look, I know it's not ideal, but hells bells, there's a pandemic going on.  What you think I'm just gonna invite you to come to my house and fuck me senseless when I don't even know if you are really you????  

For the record I would need to meet him in person in a public place before he was ever invited to my house or to be with me alone. Duh. Safety first!

I don't know guys. It's not like the catfish intuition is very strong, I just am suspicious, I'm always suspicious. We'll see what happens tomorrow!!  Also, I do like what I've learned about him so far, and if he is who he says he is, I wanna get that dick fo' sho. FO' SHO!!  It's been a hell of a sex drought for me, I mean, shit, I was thinking about wanting to fuck Miles last week, so I need new dick in my life.  And yeah, probably being a little more dramatic about this, but there's nothing else to do so fuck it!  Join me for this mystery!