My friend asked my advice about this as she just doesn't know what to make of it and I honestly didn't know what to say because I've never encountered anything similar before. Hence I'm asking fellow MNetters to see if anyone's experienced similar and to get a gist of what people think!
My friend has started dating someone (it's been a couple of months and they've had a chat to conclude it's a monogamous relationship and not a casual open thing). My impression of him is that he seems like a pleasant, cheerful, outgoing guy, a popular and sociable type.
What's thrown my friend (and me) is that he frequently posts photos and stories on Instagram with pictures of exes with various gushing comments. It could be "this time when me and X went to Paris" or "beautiful little Y, the sweetest girl, we had the best time in Amsterdam,"'or "missing wonderful Z now she's moved back to her home country"
If it was about one particular ex then it wouldn't be nice as it would suggest he wasn't remotely over them but at least it would make some sort of sense!
I get it that he's a friendly guy who seems to be able to stay friends with exes but why on earth is he posting this stuff?! I've never heard of anything like it before and it would take someone with a lot of confidence to think nothing of it.
Also, I did notice that the majority of these women he's posting about are sexy Instagram lingerie model types and many of the posts are of their underwear modelling pictures with complements attached.
For what it's worth, I don't think the women particularly reciprocate the gushing complements and so on, but I've no idea what they think about whether they're best mates with this guy or not. But they seem to be on decent terms and will happily socialise with him, so it's not that he's imagining they're on good terms.
I'd be grateful for some opinions to be able to give my friend some sensible advice as I'm flummoxed after combing through his Instagram page in the hope of coming up with something constructive to say to her!