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H’s FB - what has he been up to?!

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Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 12:57

Hi all,
unfortunately my last post was removed.

Anyway, a bit of background, H and I are close but have no sex life at all and have for a long time. He has never been that “into it” and I’ve lost interest in it with him now sadly. We don’t even kiss, just hug. We have discussed a possible trial separation period unfortunately. I’m so sad but it feels like
the right decision.

Anyway, last year I received an anonymous text message, as below:-

“Why are you staying with xxxxx. You know he is gay right? You need to get out of that situation you’re both fooling yourselves. The marriage is finished and has been for a long time”

Both H and I never got to be bottom of it and he absolutely denied knowing who it could be from and that he’s not gay. We couldn’t think who would send it/have my phone number. He leads a quiet, quite sheltered life, not sociable and no friendship group - just work colleagues. I have a small group of close friends. I grew close to someone else but nothing ever happened, just talking and the odd supportive hug.

Anyway, without going into it too much, I unintentionally logged onto his Facebook.
He doesn’t really use social media, he has no profile pic and no friends on there. I know he looks at my fb posts on there!

Well, the feed on there which is served up is absolutely full of photos of half naked women, all really curvy/busty to say the least and a few naked from waist up breastfeeding/sexy pics. With links to videos or WhatsApp links. What on earth? Am I overthinking? I was just really surprised. I know random posts are served up, but thinking about what he’s maybe looked at, clicked into, algorithm etc…? I don’t know.

I have nothing like that on my page, to that extreme.

Am I overreacting/overthinking. I was just a bit surprised.

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FUBAR77 · 26/02/2024 13:11

YANBU at all! His home feed is serving him what he’s searched for previously and even googled outside of FB because of cookies I imagine.

Did you go into his search history in FB to see at what pages he’s looking at on there and also the content/people he follows?

KissMyArt · 26/02/2024 13:15

Why was your last post removed?

Samaritansateallthecookies · 26/02/2024 13:17

I think you're overreacting. I tried to set up a work Facebook page and had the same come up in the feed! This was from ground zero with a workplace email account on the work WiFi.

Googling the issue suggests it's a common problem and one of the reasons people are leaving Facebook in droves.

nutbrownhare15 · 26/02/2024 13:20

I do think that this stuff can come up for men without a search history because they are a man and algorithms think on average this is what will make a man take a look/stay longer on the platform. It could be related to search history. Ultimately, if you are separating for entirely different reasons I'm not sure it matters but you could discuss if you decide you want to give it another go.

Loulovescake · 26/02/2024 13:20

I don't think you need to be concerned. I made a second facebook account for selling things and my feed was full of women, I think because I hadn't interacted with anything it shows that sort of content. On my main Facebook on the same device I don't get it so not linked to history etc

HelloMiss · 26/02/2024 13:26

Op said it was 'last year'

Perfumequestion · 26/02/2024 13:54

I'd be more concerned about the text. I don't think I could let that go.

Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:05

EffortlesslyInelegant · 26/02/2024 13:22

This has been going on for a couple years then?

Page 4 | Received this anonymous message re: H | Mumsnet

It has unfortunately. We’ve planned to possibly separate a few times but it’s hard and very emotional. We have also had some significant, unexpected circumstances occur during that time surrounding family members and our children so decided we needed to put off any big changes during that period.

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Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:06

KissMyArt · 26/02/2024 13:15

Why was your last post removed?

I unthinkingly included some of the images (not naked) and MNHQ removed

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Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:07

Loulovescake · 26/02/2024 13:20

I don't think you need to be concerned. I made a second facebook account for selling things and my feed was full of women, I think because I hadn't interacted with anything it shows that sort of content. On my main Facebook on the same device I don't get it so not linked to history etc

I also have a second profile like this and no men come up on it…

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YouDidntEvenAskIfSheWasThereMoriarty · 26/02/2024 14:10

I wouldn't be in the least surprised that someone in a sexless marriage was finding titillation elsewhere.

Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:12

I’ve just looked again and the first 7 posts on feed today are all women with video links attached or “WhatsApp/follow me” - then 2 or 3 normal posts and loads more..just seems excessive?

nothing on his fb search history

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Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:13

YouDidntEvenAskIfSheWasThereMoriarty · 26/02/2024 14:10

I wouldn't be in the least surprised that someone in a sexless marriage was finding titillation elsewhere.

He just doesn’t seem interested and admitted that. He has however tried a little more with me recently but he knows it’s a definite no from me sadly…

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Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:13

I was just surprised, he seems quite naive and innocent, leads a very quiet life

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iwiporangi · 26/02/2024 14:17

How do you unintentionaly log into someoe's facebook?
Can we unitentionally log into a multimillionaire's bank account as that would be v handy...

YouDidntEvenAskIfSheWasThereMoriarty · 26/02/2024 14:20

Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:13

He just doesn’t seem interested and admitted that. He has however tried a little more with me recently but he knows it’s a definite no from me sadly…

Honestly, this seems inevitable.

Were you genuinely expecting him to remain celebate and entirely uninterested in sex for the rest of his life?

I'm not trying to be harsh, but the second part of that sounds very unrealistic.

Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:20

iwiporangi · 26/02/2024 14:17

How do you unintentionaly log into someoe's facebook?
Can we unitentionally log into a multimillionaire's bank account as that would be v handy...

I was using a browser rather than app - his login automatically came up. I logged in to take a look unfortunately

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Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:21

YouDidntEvenAskIfSheWasThereMoriarty · 26/02/2024 14:20

Honestly, this seems inevitable.

Were you genuinely expecting him to remain celebate and entirely uninterested in sex for the rest of his life?

I'm not trying to be harsh, but the second part of that sounds very unrealistic.

It was always him that wasn’t interested - I was more and have always had a higher sex drive - he was a virgin when we met.

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chingaling · 26/02/2024 14:27

PLEASE PLEASE know this could be nothing to do with him. I created a Facebook account for my grandad - he never ever accessed it but the whole feed's 'suggested posts' were women in really suggestive poses. Some of the posts are of celebs - clearly photoshopped. Lots of photoshopped shading; imagine a woman in cycling shorts - then shading around the front area to make it look really pronounced. Sportswomen whose skirts have lifted, knickers have ridden up.

Test if for yourself - create a random Facebook account - select Male in the about you bit and you'll see exactly what I mean.

I reported so many posts but as they don't meet nudity rules, they get through.

I urge you to try it for yourself before you accuse DH of anything.

YouDidntEvenAskIfSheWasThereMoriarty · 26/02/2024 14:30

Blossom4538 · 26/02/2024 14:21

It was always him that wasn’t interested - I was more and have always had a higher sex drive - he was a virgin when we met.

Ah, ok. I get you now.

Yes, I suppose that would surprise me then. Although I do know FB is well known for spamming your feed with anything you've ever shown the slightest interest in. Plus, he's got a male profile so it'll be biased from the start.

WhatFlavourIsIt · 26/02/2024 15:31

KissMyArt · 26/02/2024 13:15

Why was your last post removed?

Because she posted pictures of a woman in her undies

ntmdino · 26/02/2024 16:06

FUBAR77 · 26/02/2024 13:11

YANBU at all! His home feed is serving him what he’s searched for previously and even googled outside of FB because of cookies I imagine.

Did you go into his search history in FB to see at what pages he’s looking at on there and also the content/people he follows?

That's not how it works. Or, more to the point, that's not only how it works.

When there's not enough browsing and search data to go on, the FB feed will serve up demographic-based advertising and sponsored posts - those are usually the ones that look like the OP's description. That's really just a function of what the advertiser selects in the demographics for the campaign, and it's not difficult to figure out that, in the absence of anything else, middle-aged men are going to be the primary target that satisfies their criteria.

In other words, if any middle-aged man signs up to Facebook and then leaves their account to sit for a couple of weeks, the OP's description is exactly what they're going to see - along with, most likely, a bunch of medical quack sites promising to help identify/treat prostate cancer.

IvorTheEngineDriver · 26/02/2024 16:20

I get a load of this sort of stuff all because, I think, I am on a number of pages for 1940s and 50s movies, motor sports and graphic illustrators (think Norman Rockwell etc).

FB takes all this as meaning I must like "pin-up" pictures and short vids of women wearing very little.

ExtraOnions · 26/02/2024 16:35

My Facebook feed is full of shite, I’m not and never have been, interested in. I don’t even see stuff from my friends anymore - no idea how to fix it

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