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Boyfriend active on Tinder

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Confusedlly · 01/08/2015 20:10

I think i'm in desperate need of some advice.

Boyfriend and I have been dating for almost a year, official for 8 months. We met on Tinder, when we first starting dating it was more of a casual thing and we both still had Tinder on our phones and would still use it. It was about two months into dating that he told me he uninstalled the Tinder app on his phone. On Tinder you can see when someone was last online and I could see he hadn't been on Tinder for a long time. I then uninstalled the app shortly before we became official.

Maybe 4ish months ago I reinstalled it so I can screenshot our conversations, which I told him about it. I looked at his profile and he hadn't been active since uninstalling it.

It was only last night at a friends house my friend and I got onto the topic of Tinder (friend is single and very much uses Tinder) She was showing me her conversations which were hilarious and we were mucking around sending guys silly messages on her account. I remembered some funny messages that I recieved when I used it so thought I'd show her, I logged into my account on her phone to show her. She then asked to see mine and my boyfriends conversation so I showed her that, but on his profile it said he had been active a month ago and he had added two recent photos, changed his profile picture and removed two older photos of him. Looking back at our text conversation from the day he was active he was telling me how happy he was and how much he loved me.
The thing is he's a really great guy and very honest, and I was active on Tinder too (very innocently though) but I didn't change my photo or add any new ones, I don't have any need to. I'm panicking but my friend insists there's probably an innocent reason as to why he was active (looking at old funny conversations like I was) but why the photo change? Is this really a big deal?
I'm away at the moment and have really crappy signal so it's not like I can just text or phone to ask him, I won't see him for a week. I don't want to come across as crazy but my minds going crazy at the moment and I can't relax. I could drive into town to ring/text him now, but am I overreacting? And what would I say? Any advice greatly appreciated!

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ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 02/08/2015 21:25

Tinder is not just for a fuck. Please. It's a dating site like any of them, full of your regular mix of weirdos, sexual inadequates and people looking to meet a nice person to date.

Flicking through tinder is also an awesome ego boost. You get to match with people who liked your profile and you never have to message anyone. You can spend half an hour on it and end up with a list of 15-20 people who fancy you!

However, if you're committed to your relationship this should probably be off limits behaviour for both of you. I wouldn't assume he's looking to cheat, especially as he hadn't been active for a month.

Mamabear14 · 02/08/2015 22:09

Tinder is not just a hook up site, I am sat holding my 6 day old baby next to DP who I met on tinder. I did find it fairly full of oddballs though and it takes some sifting through! It doesn't sound like your boyfriend has done anything wrong, bar being a bit stupid.

WallyBantersJunkBox · 02/08/2015 22:10

It does update photos from Facebook. I've just tried it out of curiosity.

And quickly deleted it before anyone finds out. Blush

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 02/08/2015 22:12

It does when you set up a profile but doesn't update photos once the profile exists.

SoozeyHoozey · 02/08/2015 22:19

Surely you should both make a pact now to delete your profiles completely? It seems weird that you both wouldn't do that when you went official.

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