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Is it weird to frequently change your WhatsApp profile pictures

103 replies

ShimmyYay · 24/11/2021 19:12

Would like to see what the general public think to a person (a married woman in mid 30’s) changing her WhatApp profile picture as a minimum once a week , some weeks every other day, some days even twice a day to herself , sometimes with husband sometimes with kids ….

I don’t know anyone else who does this , what does this tendency mean ?

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Peaplant20 · 24/11/2021 19:31

Quite ironic people saying they must have too much time on their hands 👀

RudestLittleMadam · 24/11/2021 19:32

what does this tendency mean?

Is that code for “there’s this person I know who I don’t like, do please join me in slagging her off, won’t you”.

CarButtonCloth · 24/11/2021 19:33

I'd think they were maybe a regular Facebook user and changing their photo on WhatsApp every time they did it on Facebook. The only people I know who change any profile photos more than once every year or two are avid Facebookers! Nothing intrinsically wrong with it though.

MangoM · 24/11/2021 19:41

I have a few that do that on mine ... they do also post on Facebook and Instagram alot so I assume they're just treating WhatsApp as an extension of that.

Seems like a lot of unnecessary effort to me though.

pinkstinks · 24/11/2021 19:43

Generally it means you want someone to see it. Especially if online dating and they aren’t on your other socials…

MrFlibblesEyes · 24/11/2021 20:31

I'm a 35 year old married woman and I change mine quite regularly (not every week though and certainly not every day!) it's usually different ones of me and ds as he's unbearably cute and I dont take many pictures of us together. There's no meaning behind it apart from I use WhatsApp quite a bit and update the photo as he grows? I'm not a massive fb user and have no other social media at all so it's my only narcissistic outlet 😂

Sparklesocks · 24/11/2021 21:12

I don’t think I’d notice in all honesty?

TuftyMarmoset · 24/11/2021 21:19

I would think this is a bit weird and self-absorbed. I mean who looks at those? I don't think I could tell you what my picture even was.

Rhumatoidwarrior88 · 24/11/2021 21:48

Jesus . WhatsApp is owned by FB . U change Ur FB u change Ur WhatsApp same with Instagram. It does it automatically

youwouldthink · 24/11/2021 21:52

About a weird as checking so many times a day .... someone you're suspicious about?

DerbyshireMama · 24/11/2021 21:52

@RedHot22

It means they possibly have body dysmorphia and are possibly having and affair with your husband. She is likely to be having fish and chips for tea, although feels guilty as she should be on a diet. She likes changing her WA pic, frequently.
You forgot the medium-sized black dog and annual holiday to Portugal.
XiCi · 24/11/2021 21:57

What does it mean? If means nothing, just that she likes changing her photo. What on earth does her being a married woman in her 30s have to do with it? Or that some photos are, god forbid, without her husband or kids. Why are YOU are obsessing about this woman's What'sapp photos. What does that tendency mean OP?

EileenGC · 24/11/2021 22:07

@Rhumatoidwarrior88

Jesus . WhatsApp is owned by FB . U change Ur FB u change Ur WhatsApp same with Instagram. It does it automatically
It really doesn’t. I don’t have WhatsApp and Facebook connected and in any case, adding a photo to your FB timeline wouldn’t change the WhatsApp profile picture.
HikingforScenery · 24/11/2021 22:12

Who cares? Do what you want. I’m nosy and look at photos although I don’t put mine on, just landscapes from beautiful hikes.

Blackfridayshite · 24/11/2021 22:13

Narcissistic and lonely

spotcheck · 24/11/2021 22:15

If it's brand new behaviour, I would think someone is trying to catch someone's attention.

I reckon I'm in the minority though 😂😂

WonderfulYou · 24/11/2021 22:17

I think it’s weirder to think it’s weird

I agree.
You are overthinking this way too much.

I know people who change it daily and some haven’t changed it since they first downloaded it. I don’t think about either in any depth.

ZenNudist · 24/11/2021 22:17

How bizarre of you to notice

Marvellousmadness · 24/11/2021 22:19

Id think you'd probably also be one of those people that shares a photo of her kids every 2 days on FB Envy

Overkill. ..

ClemDanFango · 24/11/2021 22:19

I would neither notice nor give a fuck about it.

2022baby · 24/11/2021 22:22

In my experience its to show someone pictures of you.

I have alot of friends that do that, if their ex is on their whatsapp for example, to make them jealous. When in reality it just shows how not over them you are

BlancheB · 24/11/2021 22:23

Haven't you asked this before? Confused

I also think it's weird that you notice it so much.

FB settings can be set so they automatically update it with the same profile pic.

MurielSpriggs · 24/11/2021 22:24

Definitely unusual behaviour on her part Hmm

ButtonSister · 24/11/2021 22:24

I've done a medical degree via the university of Mumsnet talk forums and can confidently tell you this:-
If she is 55 plus she has dementia
If she is less than 20 then she is neuro diverse
If she is between 20 and 55 she is a narcissist.

user1473878824 · 24/11/2021 22:25

@Rhumatoidwarrior88

Jesus . WhatsApp is owned by FB . U change Ur FB u change Ur WhatsApp same with Instagram. It does it automatically
Nope
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