What's Actually Wrong?

In the film "Catfish," the original story of someone pretending to be someone else is shown through the relationship between Nev and 'Meghan.' 'Cat-fishing' is a term that almost universal in today's technological society. It is defined as deceiving someone into believing that they are the same person in real life as they are online. Since this movie was made, it has turned into a weekly MTV show and my generation is familiar with these types of situations involving people saying they are a completely different person. The situation with Nev is very interesting because of the extent to which he invested himself with 'Meghan.' He fell in love with a person online and believed that the person he was talking to was as genuine and real as him. As I was watching this movie and began to realize that Meghan was not a real person, I thought that it was just plain wrong to deceive someone so completely. When Nev and his friends arrive to the house where Abby lives, it is apparent that someone has been pulling the strings all this time, but it was unclear until, Angela, the mom of Abby began to make excuses for the others not being present. The group starts to connect the dots and Angela has been posing as 'Meghan.' Initially they are upset, but they confront her gently and see her side of the story. Her real life is revealed to the group and it's not ideal. She lives with a husband that doesn't seem to care a whole lot about her, she takes care of two handicapped adults around the clock, and on top of that, she also has her young daughter Abby to raise. She wanted to be a artist and a dancer when she was younger, but when she got married and had her child, she gave it all away so that her family could be cared for. After I witnessed her living situation, I began to sympathize more and more with why she did the things she did to Nev. She wanted that ideal life and having a social media outlet like Facebook, gave her the option to live vicariously through the accounts. Her life doesn't revolve around her, her time and devotion go to her family. Angela did take it pretty far though; she made about 15 fake Facebook accounts just to keep the 'Meghan' one believable. She needs some help from a therapist or a psychologist, but where will she get it? She lives in a small town and has no free time to do anything for herself. Living through her Facebook accounts gave her a small sliver of hope that she might actually live out the life that she had planned for herself. I will say that she did take it to the extreme, but if anyone lived in a closed off community such as Ishpheming MI, I can see why she would use her resources to get away from it.