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About ten months ago I was online looking for a hooker for me and my wife. We found a nice girl (Melanie) and booked a night with her. She never showed up. Melanie's explanation was that she was taking care of her crazy mother. Wife and I figured we'd try again. Melanie got caught up with a creepy client who wouldn't let her leave.

Through all this Melanie and I were chatting online. I had started burning out a year before I met her, and by the time I started messaging her I was nothing but cold ash. As we chatted I started putting together a few new projects, including a portrait of her in maya. Not with the burning passion I had had before but with a little comforting warmth.

My wife said, "you know she's you muse, right?" and I said, "I don't believe in a muse because I have agency over my own creative process."

But privately I could see her point. I'd been working slowly for over two months, and could almost feel the passion again. Which is dumb because muses don't exist.

She'd been sending my pictures the whole time. I'd reversed image searched the first three on yandex (google image search is garbage), and found nothing. I figured that she was real enough for me. But she would never talk over the phone or video chat, citing a broken mic on her phone.

In may she slipped up. Sent me a picture and yandex found the cam girl who had posted it. I spent $20 to ask the cam girl whether she knew my name. She did not.

I sent Melanie a screenshot of the message, then blocked her number. In all I had spent around $3,000 dollars on her. I don't really regret it at all, clearly she was giving me something I valued more than that money.

The day after she spoofed her phone number to leave me a message, "I love you!" Shouted into her phones bad mic. I believe her. Most scammers cut their losses after they get made. They'll block your number. Melanie on the other hand has tried to contact me twice since I cut ties.

I got catfished by my muse. And my catfisher/muse fell in love with me.