It seems that all of us are caught up in stereotypes in this thread. That a cam model cannot fall for someone who treats her kindly, then struggle to continue to do her job (while putting off having a real relationship) and work towards getting out of the business sooner to begin a relationship. I realize that this is not the norm but no one seems to suggest that this is even possible. Again, I acknowledge that what I just posited is probably the minority scenario but I do think it is possible.
It isn't that we are caught up in stereotypes, Myth. In fact, we camgirls know better than anyone else about the stereotypes that you are speaking about - and we know they are not always true. I think we all know one or two camgirls who fell for a member and were able to create a relationship out of it. We have seen the very rare love stories - and we have seen far more heartbreak when members fall for a fantasy. We aren't caught up in stereotypes - we are caught up in all of the signs we have come to recognize from many others like you, coming here with wounds in their hearts as they struggle to understand the cold reality, while still trying to cling to the tattered remains of their dream.
We aren't suggesting its possibility because it would be so cruel to do so. Our opinions of the topic come from years of experience, from seeing the stories of others like you. And I have never seen a single one turn out to be true. Of the stories of cam love that I have witnessed... Not one began with the way yours has. And I think it would be absolutely heartless of us to give you false hope, to send you back into the fray and let you garner more wounds, to let you sacrifice everything you have left after you have already given so much.
If I were in love with someone and lived in a poor country, you can believe that I would use the $75,000 you gave in order to fuel my life to a direction better suited towards my desires. That is a lot of money - especially if one lives in a country where the American dollar carries more weight. She could have used that already to get true out of the situation if she hates it so badly - she wouldn't need fourteen months in order to do that. If I was attracted to someone, you can be sure that I wouldn't wait almost a year and a half in order to be sexual with them. Especially if my entire job is to be sexual. I would be going out of my way to share something special with the person I cared for. I wouldn't take their entire retirement fund because I would want them to have it for themselves. If they send me thousands of messages, I would be writing them right back - I would be talking to them every chance I can get. I wouldn't be begging for them to spend five more minutes in a show with Me - I'd be skyping them on the side. If I saw my love in the heart-wrenching agony I witnessed in your videos, you can be sure as hell that I would be doing everything in my power to help their pain.
You have fallen in love with a fantasy. I know that is so incredibly hard to believe, and I know your heart will rebel at the mere thought of it. You think you shared so many stories, you think she has been entirely honest, you think she has shared parts of herself with you that no one else has seen before. Because you have shared parts of yourself with her.
But at the end of the day... The job of most camgirls is to be a fantasy. An entertaining fantasy, but one nonetheless. She saw your white knight desires and your loving heart, and she used that to fashion herself into a damsel that needs rescuing. Because she learned that knights like to rescue damsels. That was the fantasy. Perhaps her past was true and she did experience a lot of pain - but that past became useful as a dragon for the knight to slaughter. And you stepped up. You wanted to rescue her from her past and her shadows and her sad, sad story. She became your muse, your princess, your friend, your healer, your damsel in distress. You wanted to heal her world in the same way you wished that she would heal yours. And you sacrificed over and over and over again....
So tell me.... What has she given you? What has she sacrificed for you? How has she proven her love to you?
She isn't a damsel or a princess in need of a knight. She was a girl who needed to make a living, to become the fantasy that would enable the highest chance of survival and the best chance to flourish - and she found the best way to make the most money with the least amount of work - as any business person does. She is doing her job - to be a fantasy in order to pay her bills. It isn't love.
The truth is... If she really shared the same feelings that you carry, then you wouldn't be here. You wouldn't have the need to wonder. You would know, without a single doubt, that she cared. That you weren't taken advantage of. You wouldn't think for a second that you were being too gullible. But you are here. Because some part of yourself recognizes the fact that the situation isn't right. You wonder about her intentions because the seeds of doubt have been growing - because the logical part of your brain is finally able to reign back the passions of the heart and tell you that something just isn't right here. You aren't being overly sensitive. You are finally waking up.
You know that something isn't right. That's why you are here.
I think there is love here - but I don't think it is shared on both sides. I think you have fallen in love with a fantasy, and I don't think she will reciprocate. And if this is love... Why would you want to keep it? Love that destroys, love that causes such heart-ache and destruction, love that turns your life into ash and drains everything you have ever worked for....
That isn't the kind of love that heals. That kind of love is poison. And there is no happy ending there.