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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Coffey

How to tell if you’re being ‘future faked’ by the person you’re dating

Joe Alwyn dated Taylor Swift for six years without putting a ring on it - (NBCU Photo Bank/Getty)

“From the very beginning, we talked about family, marriage, kids. It was not casual – it was constant. We were planning our future together; we were talking about names of our kids; we were going to jewellery stores where he asked my ring size… I genuinely believed I was building a life with this man.”

Digital creator Anastasiia shared this story on Instagram at the end of last year in a three-part post. She described a fairytale experience that many women dream of – meeting a man, feeling an instant, “magical” chemistry and connection, and swiftly beginning to create a shared vision of a future together. “Back then, it felt like love, it felt like destiny,” she continues.

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