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Will I throw this one back ... social media activity

179 replies

gona · 15/05/2024 07:42

I'm chatting to a man on WhatsApp. Busy schedules have not all owed us to meet for the last couple of weeks but we have plans for next week to meet up.
Before I meet any date I do my best to find out as much about
then as I can via people and sm.

He is as true as his word regarding his plans and commitments and I can see this via social media.

I have been catfished once and if I had done my research on others I would have saved my self a lot of stress. This is why I do this.

This man has given me no reason to believe he isn't who he says he s but I had a look on his socials.

They are chock full of sports, footie, current affairs reposts. Nothing sinister but there are, out of hundreds of likes, a couple of posts/ photos of curvy women. Nothing very revealing or sexual, just women with large breasts. Possibly three likes photos out of hundreds.
Is this a red flag ? Would you throw him back?
I'm
Out of this scene for a very long time so appreciate your views. Thanks.

OP posts:
bbqsalt · 15/05/2024 07:45

you must have spent hours on this OP

either way, no i wouldn’t meet him

but all those hours wasted op!

fourelementary · 15/05/2024 07:45

As a single man why would “liking” a photo of an attractive woman be a red flag?

CharlotteSometimes1 · 15/05/2024 07:45

Photos he’s posted or liked? If he’s like two or three out of hundreds it wouldn’t bother me. Not sure how you can see all his likes though. If it’s posts I’d be a bit wary.

SocksAndTheCity · 15/05/2024 07:45

Heterosexual man likes tits shocker.

RachelGreensHair · 15/05/2024 07:50

Now I'm wondering about my "likes" pretty sure there's probably topless pics of footballers and actors that I would have clicked like on, I am single and didn't realise I'm a walking red flag cos of it.

gona · 15/05/2024 07:51

No I haven't spent hours . I literally skimmed through them. These are all likes, not posts not commenter not reposts.
Just some likes.

OP posts:
FuckOffTom · 15/05/2024 07:52

SocksAndTheCity · 15/05/2024 07:45

Heterosexual man likes tits shocker.

Grin
cherry2727 · 15/05/2024 07:54

You sound like the red flag!

Mothership4two · 15/05/2024 07:57

2 or 3 likes of women with big busts and 100s of normal random things. No I wouldn't think they were red flags, in fact, his profile sounds positively tame.

Therapy4all · 15/05/2024 07:59

You're the red flag here

bbqsalt · 15/05/2024 08:00

gona · 15/05/2024 07:51

No I haven't spent hours . I literally skimmed through them. These are all likes, not posts not commenter not reposts.
Just some likes.

sure you did

GrumpyOldCrone · 15/05/2024 08:01

It’s normal male online behaviour, and therefore I’d avoid him. I’m so bored of men who think that just because everyone does it, it must be ok.

gona · 15/05/2024 08:01

I'm the red flag because I want to see if I'm wasting my time with a sleaze/ creep/ weirdo / catfish before I meet him??
His is a public account.
But ok .

OP posts:
ThisOldThang · 15/05/2024 08:01

cherry2727 · 15/05/2024 07:54

You sound like the red flag!

Agreed.

Lanawashington · 15/05/2024 08:02

How can you see what photos he’s liked? I thought Facebook and instagram got rid of that ages ago. Unless you are keeping track of every post that comes up on your Facebook news feed

RachelGreep87 · 15/05/2024 08:03

Fiona?

mrsdineen2 · 15/05/2024 08:03

If being catfished in the past was the only reason you did this, you'd be content he's real and you wouldn't be posting here.

Who are the women in these posts, OP? I'm not asking you to name them, but I have liked posts of some singers and actresses I enjoy. If you looked at them you could probably describe some of them as curvy women. But that's a bit different to him going on to some "hot models daily" type page and clicking like just because of their breasts.

Which is no bad thing in isolation either I suppose, but if we got serious I wouldn't want our family and mutual friends seeing that on his social media.

Rockfordpeach · 15/05/2024 08:03

Absolutely not. I think you seem quite intense, why would liking a picture of an attractive woman be a red flag? He's literally just expressed admiration for their publically posted picture.

DaisyHaites · 15/05/2024 08:03

How do you quickly and easily see someone’s likes on Social Media??

mrsdineen2 · 15/05/2024 08:04

DaisyHaites · 15/05/2024 08:03

How do you quickly and easily see someone’s likes on Social Media??

I'm not OP, but twitter profiles have a separate "likes" tab.

Kelly51 · 15/05/2024 08:05

You're worried about him?
sent from iphone

pinkwaterbottle9 · 15/05/2024 08:08

Kelly51 · 15/05/2024 08:05

You're worried about him?
sent from iphone

😬

MidnightPatrol · 15/05/2024 08:09

You are massively overthinking this.

MightyGoldBear · 15/05/2024 08:10

Yep I'd throw him back for that. To me it suggests he views women as objects not people. It's usually the tip of the iceberg of that behavior.

Just because something is normalised doesn't mean it's healthy.

It would give me strong indications that he views porn as well. Which would be a deal breaker for me. Its absolutely fine to have boundaries op even when they don't match up to others boundaries. We are all different.

Petesbowtie9 · 15/05/2024 08:11

RachelGreep87 · 15/05/2024 08:03

Fiona?

Lol 👏🏻👏🏻

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