This looks an appropriate time

First of all, I can’t explain how embarrassed I am about this. I have been speaking to a friend and I do think I should come clean. I do want to start by saying how sorry I genuinely am. So everything I’ve said about myself on this website is true. My name is David, I am 37, I do have children and everything else I’ve mentioned is true. I haven’t been entirely myself though. The pictures I have posted haven’t been of me. I posted pictures of someone else. Back in the day on Tengaged I would get severely bullied for being overweight & it made me feel miserable. I didn’t want that to happen anymore, so I started using pictures of my friend (I did have permission before you ask). I know it’s wrong, I’m fully aware of it and I feel ashamed and embarrassed but I can’t change it now. I genuinely have developed a hard shell in real life and don't let what others feel or say about me affect myself or my self worth. But, online for whatever reason I've never been able to bring that same demeanor. Words hurt. People can be absolutely vicious behind a screen. And, I just didn't want to deal with that all over again. I am a normal guy, who just so happens to be very self conscious of his weight. Unfortunately I’m also a people pleaser and like to be liked, and this wasn’t with malicious intent. I shouldn’t have done what I did, but everything else you’ve come to know about me is true & I’m sorry if I disappointed any of my old friends or people I’ve gotten to know more recently and hope the community will give me a chance to stay and be myself.