A netizen shared how she has been lying to her boyfriend about everything about her life, including her name.

Here is the story

I met my boyfriend 3 years ago online on a discord server. We talked every day for a year and saw each other IRL a couple years ago.

When I met him online, I gave him a fake name, a fake age and a fake life. I told him I was an only child, I lied about my age ( I told him I was older than I was, 25 but I’m 22), about my work and generally painted a false picture of my life.

I never lied to him about my feelings for him, my dislikes and likes, or my issues.

I didn’t think we would get so close when we met and I didn’t know what to say when we did. I am afraid he’ll leave me if he learns the truth.

We’ve been dating and seeing each other in real life few weeks or so for a year now and he wants to meet my family. I need to tell him I lied but I’m sure it will hurt him and I don’t want him to leave me. I love him more than anything.

I don’t know what to do.

Netizens’ comments

Telling him the truth is the only way forward.

Tell him the truth, all of it! Then tell him why, at this point honesty is all you’ve got. If he leaves then take the lesson and move on.

One way or another, he’s going to find out. Better it come from you coming clean, than him finding out on his own. Hopefully he’ll understand. If not, well, you’ll know for the next guy you meet, yes?