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Am I just roo insecure?

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Iamme23 · 28/05/2021 17:41

To cut my story as short as possible, I have insecurities with my partner and social media due to him constantly reacting to attractive women's photos and having flirty banter in the first year of our relationship. He decided to prove they didn't mean anything by un-friending them all including all randoms and female work colleagues. He stated that he didn't want his work and personal life to mix and that he barely goes on his social media account anyway nor does he post much but recently I've discovered he's accepted several friend requests all from female work colleagues. Some he explained they probably added him because he talks about me and we're expecting a baby so maybe they wanted to 'put a face to a name' or that he knows their partner well. But one of the women I asked about he just said "she's just someone from work" which touched a nerve for some reason. The way I see it I don't see the relevance of befriending these women especially after all of his previous claims as to why he unfriended them in the first place. I can't help but wonder how long it will be before more are accepted and then he starts to react to their pics again. I know my insecurities are bad but had he not acted like he did in the first place I might feel differently and less bothered about this now. He's also been very distant recently and when I mentioned it and the reasons why, he apologised and said he can see why I'm going off like I am, but he's still friends with them and trying to act like nothing has happened. It's almost like he doesn't respect me or my feelings at all. Is it purely just me and my insecurities or do i actually have a valid point here?

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CanIBeACurlyGirl · 28/05/2021 17:47

You can't control his actions not police his SM.
Do you trust him?

gamerchick · 28/05/2021 17:47

It is a bit controlling. I have exs for eg on my SM who I chat to. My husband doesnt care.

Stop watching what he's doing on SM. He's not doing anything wrong to deserve the earache. Is he only allowed family and men?

ConfusedAdultFemale · 28/05/2021 17:50

He is allowed female friends. However what do you mean by reacting to female pictures? Reacting in what way? Posting comments like “you’re gorgeous” isn’t on, that is disrespectful.

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MikeWozniaksGloriousTache · 28/05/2021 18:07

Would you be ok with him suddenly imposing you can’t have any male friends on social media? It’s very very controlling and honestly unsurprising he has started to add friends back. These are people he sees every day, imagine how awkward that is when they ask “Dave, why did you delete us all on Facebook?” “Because the mrs doesn’t trust me or let me have female friends” ... come on op. Either something deeper is going on here like he has proven himself to be untrustworthy in other ways or you are seriously overreacting. Are you getting any help for your trust issues and anxiety? If not you need to.

Returnoftheowl · 28/05/2021 18:19

Unfriending random women he doesn't know I can kind of understand, as I think it's odd to have people on social media you don't know. But he's not allowed to have women he actually knows and works with on his social media?
Also there's a world of difference between having people of the opposite sex on SM and inappropriate flirting.
If you think of it another way... If a female friend of yours told you that her boyfriend had made her delete all the men she knows of Facebook, including every man she worked with, would you think that was acceptable or would you think that was a red flag?

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