Emotional fraud

 Future Faking Is Emotional Fraud

-Words of Steele

Future faking isn't just manipulation -- it's emotional fraud.

It's when a narcissist borrows your loyalty, your hope, and your love...

With promises they never intended to keep.

He told me not to work,

Said I'd never have to worry -- his social media and YouTube income was "just about to blow up."

Every month, for over a year, he handed me a handwritten IOU labeled "Money Owed to Wifey."

Line after line. Month after month.

Debt disguised as devotion.

He said, "Just let me do this...I'll pay you back when I make it."

He wanted me to sell my house so he could tap into my equity.

He talked big -- building our dream life, buying property, an Airbnb, boarding dogs, mountain biking

adventures, tournaments, freedom.

He sold me a future...

While I paid for our present.

But that future never existed -- not in his heart.

Because narcissists don't build with you.

They drain you -- while pretending you're both chasing the same dream.

By the time I opened my eyes, I wasn't just emotionally exhausted.

I was financially gutted and spiritually betrayed.

That's what future faking is.

It's not romance. It's not hope.

It's a scam.

A long con dressed up in sweet words and false promises.

Real love doesn't sell a dream -- it builds one beside you, step by step.

(Side note: In Bill's terms, this was "next month")