Weird feeling about this social media interaction

[raisinsandcashews]

I posted a picture of myself and my baby the other day onto my Instagram story. I was feeding but nothing on show at all- it was pretty obvious that’s what I was doing though. I upload to my Instagram story pretty frequently, probably most days. A family member of DH’s liked my story and sent a 😍
Only I can see this, for anyone not familiar with Instagram. It has left me feeling weird and I can’t pinpoint why. We haven’t seen him in around 18 months. He hasn’t met the baby and doesn’t like any of my other posts at all but views them all. He doesn’t have any kids either. I would sort of understand it more if he did, but no. He’s middle aged.

How would you deal with this? I can’t get it off my mind. I know I posted it but I just think it’s a bit weird given no interactions or likes ever with anything else I put on.

That does sound a little disconcerting.

Perhaps he didn't accidentally, if you swipe up to leave the app whilst you're on a story it's easily done.

If you feel really uncomfortable, can you remove him for social media?

I could but don’t know what I’d say if confronted

I feel bad too because if it was a woman I wouldn’t think it was weird, so maybe it’s me.

I can understand you feel a bit weird but I think let this one occasion go. If anything else a bit odd happens you’ll know for sure.

I'm always accidentally liking peoples stories etc. on Instagram - unless it becomes a pattern then I'd not think anything of it.

May genuinely have been an accident, I've actually done this so many times myself. I would just leave it unless it became a pattern. You could restrict him off similar photos in future.

I wouldn't read too much into it- a wink emoji might have been concerning, but I think he's just trying to say he's happy for you. also maybe he doesn't look all that often and happened to see your pic.

He views everything else I put on and is always posting himself , that’s the thing

There's a few possibilities, maybe he works in health and supports breastfeeding, maybe he didn't realise the baby was feeding and thought it was a cute pic, maybe he felt he hadn't been interacting enough with your baby pics and threw out a like, maybe he felt awkward and tried to make it seem like he's chill about the bf pic. Or maybe he's a creep. I wouldn't automatically jump to that though. It's a bit outing and a stupid move if he is indeed a creep.

I wouldn't immediately jump to creepy (although I might be doing emojis wrong! I am in my fifties and assume heart eyes is equivalent of "how lovely". I post that reaction to pictures I think are sweet or lovely i.e. exactly the reaction I'd have to a sweet picture of a relative and their new baby).

I think if you feel off about it I imagine other things have happened that make you uncomfortable with this relative's attention. I think this is wait and watch rather than immediate action. You can also limit who sees your stories. He won't know if you just don't share with him.

I used to think he was nervous and a bit clumsy socially but I have looked back this morning on pictures of old family gatherings and looked at who he is following on Instagram and it does seem a bit red flaggy. But like someone else said it’s very bold if it is creepy

Seems an odd thing to post a story of if you're sensitive about people's reactions to it. If you posted it because it's a lovely pic of you and the baby, then it's not strange for him to post a response implying that it's a lovely pic. If you posted it because you think breastfeeding's great and you want to show it off, then it's not strange for him to post implying that he thinks it's great too. If you posted it just because you post about everything you do, then you can expect all kinds of responses. Honestly I'd not over-analyse it but be more careful about what you post and what responses you're opening yourselves up to. Not everything needs to be a SM story.

It's probably meant to indicate love but I wouldn't post anything intimate like feeding my baby online personally.

Don’t really get the whole posting photos of breastfeeding on social media. It’s too personal. As for him, could be a creep, could be just clumsy with social media or not realised you were feeding. You can block him if you want to

This.

Are you going to drio feed gradually that he's actually a raving pervert?

Block him from viewing your stories or don't post personal stuff online

*drip

I've never understood people that plaster pics of just about every waking moment on social media, then start moaning when strangers take an interest.

I think if you're posting anything that's going to make you uncomfortable if certain people respond to it in a completely innocuous way - don't post it

I think you’re creepier than him, posting pictures on Instagram of you feeding your baby. And now you’re paranoid that he’s put an emoji 🙄

Then don't post photos you don't want your followers to like.

Why post your whole life online and then be uncomfortable with creeps?

Hide him from your story. Easily done. Shouldn't have to, but here we are