- A TikToker shared the underhanded things she did to catch her boyfriend cheating.
- This included catfishing him by pretending to be a girl he knew.
A TikToker described a series of "toxic" things she said she did to successfully catch out a boyfriend who was cheating on her.
Tabitha Mae, who has 19,000 followers, posted a video last week breaking down her purported schemes. Insider wasn't able to confirm any of the details she described.
Mae described catching out an unsuspecting boyfriend, who she didn't name, while he lived in Montreal, Canada.
She said she repurposed an old Instagram account to be the fake woman, which she said seemed more believable because it had some followers already. Then she cropped a photo so only her body was visible.
"And honestly when I was like making this account and about to message him, I was like, there's no way in hell he's going to believe this," she said. "Like this is actually ridiculous, there's no way."
But it did work, she said, letting Mae successfully manipulate her boyfriend into being caught.
Mae's video taps into a popular TikTok trend where creators share stories of revenge against someone who has wronged them in their past. Though often unverifiable, they also hit a nerve with thousands of people who have been cheated on or mistreated.
@tabithaamae maybe i should start a series called tabitha’s toxic tips lmao #storytime #grwm #toxicrelationship #howtocatchacheater #unloyalboyfriend #datingadviceforwomen #cheatingboyfriend #toxictiktok #exboyfriend #forthegirls #foryou #fyp #fypシ #viral ♬ original sound - Tabitha
Mae said she wrote to the boyfriend in French since he was living in Quebec. (She didn't specify where she was at the time.)
"So I messaged him in French using Google translate," she said, telling him she met his friend "Rob" a few weeks prior. In response, her boyfriend asked, "Is this Natalie? I've been waiting for you to reach out."
"So then I have a full blown conversation with him in French," Mae said. She added that when she downloaded Duolingo, she knew it "had gone too far."
Another time, Mae said she noticed a girl in the background of her boyfriend's Instagram story wearing a red jacket, and messaged him pretending to be her, using an app to disguise the number she was texting from.
Mae said her boyfriend responded and asked if she was "Laura," and that he thought he had her number already.
"I was like, fuck, I've been caught red handed," Mae said. "But I had a little trick up my sleeve. I was like, do you not remember when I shattered my phone into a million pieces last night? I have to use my friend's phone until I can go to the AT&T store tomorrow."
Mae said she didn't think her boyfriend would fall for this one, but it "worked like a charm."
She said she then had to get him to admit to cheating, so she asked him: "Are we just not going to talk about last night?"
At first, he responded asking, "what do you mean?" But then he confirmed Mae's suspicions with a follow-up.
"He sent another message that said, I know you and Rob used to talk, but I promise he doesn't care what we do," Mae said.
Mae said she was with her friend at the time who convinced her to try and get her boyfriend to meet up with the pretend girl. So she "played along" and told him she wanted to see him that night.
"I sent him an address, he shows up at the address, it's actually a psychiatric institute," Mae said. "And then I texted him and said, book an appointment, love."
Mae's first video amassed over 700,000 views, so she posted a second video on Monday.
She described another ex, who she called Tyler, and how he started hanging out with another girl, who she named Olivia.
@tabithaamae Replying to @that one girl pt 2 #storytime #grwm #toxicrelationship #howtocatchacheater #unloyalboyfriend #cheatingboyfriend #toxictiktok #cheatersgettingcaught #grwmstorytime #exboyfriend #forthegirls #funny #foryou #fyp #fypシ #viral ♬ original sound - Tabitha
She said she started becoming suspicious of their friendship, so she went through Tyler's phone. She said she couldn't find messages from anyone called Olivia, but she then decided to go through every contact one by one.
"So I'm clicking on each contact, and go into the messages, and I get to Ben & Jerry's," she said. "I click on the messages, and he was not asking them if they had Rocky Road in stock."
Mae said she then had a decision to make. She could cry and confront him, or have a little fun. She went for the latter, and started scheming with her friend.
They ordered a bowl of ice cream to Tyler's doorstep with a note saying "Special delivery from Ben & Jerry's."
Tyler immediately called her, Mae said, and apologized. But she responded to everything he said as if she were ordering ice cream.
"He was like, I'm so sorry, I can't believe I did this, I'll never do this again, and I was like, I'll have a cup of chocolate with a few sprinkles on top and some gummy bears," she said. "And when he started crying, I was like, would a sundae help?"
Mae said she wasn't recommending anyone repeat her methods, but if anyone did, they should send her screenshots so they could "laugh together."