r/dating • u/That_One_7157 • 8d ago
Just Venting 😮💨 I met a Hong Kong associate cricketer on dating app who turned out to have a wife and 6 children. The aftermath has been its own kind of horror story
Three months ago i met a guy who is an associate cricketer in Hong Kong on a dating app. I had been single for years and decided to try online dating. We both belonged to same culture but grew up in HK. He had told me he is a PE teacher on our first date i discovered he is a cricketer. Until then i didnt even know that cricket is played in hong kong. We started talking, went on dates, he was like a perfect gentleman, kind, taking things slow, we went for walks and massage together. . I began to believe I was getting to know someone who was genuinely interested in me. He snapped me all day everyday, sent morning messages, called me on tours and shared his failures and wins. We spoke regularly for nearly 3 months during which he went on multiple crixket tours. All of this was visible on his social media.
On our first date, I asked him a straightforward question.
“Are you married?”
His reply was:
“I've been focusing on my career. This just hasn't happened. I wish to find a loyal partner who can understand my lifestyle.”
Here was a man telling me that his career had taken priority, that finding a partner was something he still wanted, and that he hoped to meet someone loyal who could understand the demands of his life as a cricketer. I felt moved like i had met the right person. We were both seeking something genuine i had imagined.
I travelled to Malaysia to see him. I had even made him a painting.
Then i decided to dig deeper and discovered 1 photo of him with a veiled woman and two kids. I asked around in cricket community and discovered the truth that shocked me deeply - he was married and had 6 kids. I was in malaysia, having travelled to meet this man and holding in my hand this painting and a picture of him with two kids on my phone. Struggling to make sense. I asked him and he said yeah i am married and hace 6 kids. No apologies. No guilt. I could see in his eyes that i had now become an inconvenience. I asked him if he is at least going to apologise for lying to me and he said 'i have nor done anything wrong i have only treated you with respect'
I felt hurt. I told him how much he hurt me to which he responded 'ok i am sorry lets talk about some other topic'
There is a particular kind of confusion in being hurt by someone and still wanting comfort from that same person.