NC for this because...well, I'm paranoid and probably being U!
This is quite a small AIBU but it's something I'm wondering about...
I recently worked out how to use the 'story' function on Instagram - bit late to the party admittedly!
I hardly ever post them but I also recently figured out if you click on your own story you can see who has watched it. I noticed my ex (I can't call him' exdp' due to the extreme shittiness of the things he's done!) had viewed my story. We broke up 2 and a 1/2 years ago and he lives with his new gf. We don't talk.
Not that weird but I didn't even realise he was on IG, let alone followed me so out of idle curiosity I clicked on his page. He has about 40 followers, follows 0 people and has never posted anything or had a profile pic.
I only realised this morning that if he doesn't follow me he must have actually gone looking for my profile rather than just scrolling through, and since they dissappear after 24 hours and he's viewed at least three of them, could that actually mean he's searching me every day?? I've only just become aware of this feature so hopefully I'm wrong!
I feel a bit weirded out, especially since he has massive form for creepy internet behaviour (amoung many other things, he used to save his ex-flings and some of my friends facebook holiday snaps (in bikinis) for his 'personal enjoyment' BOAK).
If this turns into him looking at every story I put up, I'm bloody tempted to just put some text in my stories saying 'I can see what you're doing you know!'. Since he doesn't post on IG I'm pretty sure he doesn't realise I know he's looking. Of course I won't actually do that because that does come with the downside of making me look a total nutcase.
Fully prepared to be told I'm being U and childish!!