cause i'm not believing shit this dude says

so according to the hoax believers Te'o only lied about meeting the girl to family and friends in order to not look like a dweeb?
even though online dating is a multi-million dollar industry in 2013 and pretty common place?
iono i guess that could happen.
but then i have to question why he felt the need to introduce the public to this girl at all. why not just have your little online relationship on the low and be done with it. he knew what was going on was weird yet still felt compelled to bring it to a NATIONAL stage?
just seems weird. plus he couldn't even keep up with the complexity of his lies.
the benefit of the doubt this dude would need is a little bit too much for me.