Anonymous screen shot of instamessage flirtation

[Lefty1]

Hi all, asking for a friend on this one :) so here goes :

my dear friend has been with her boyfriend for just over 8 months. They are very much in love however recently she has received an anonymous message with a screen grab of a flirtatious exchange between her boyfriend and another woman. You can’t see the ID of the user from the screen grab so there is no way of asking the person direct . The messages don’t refer to sex or infer that anything sexual has happened but her boyfriend allegedly , is telling this person how incredible they look and how he would follow her back on Instagram but would get into trouble etc... also asking for her to join him in going to a gym outside of the local area with kisses and all the “😍” emojis thrown in .

My dear friend doesn’t really know what to think and is suspecting the screen grab could have been faked , is this possible ?

Probably a massive drip feed here but there was an overlap between his ex and my friend , he basically chose my friend and dumped the girl he had been with for just over a year.
My friend mentioned that the ex had gave him some abuse when she found out about their relationship (roughly two months after) and sent my friend a very blunt message but nothing since, her boyfriend is swearing blind he didn’t send and thinks it’s something to do with his ex being still bitter.
What do you guys think and what would you do under these circumstances?

I agree finewords. You've said your piece, she's made her decision. Make sure she knows you love her and you will always support her decisions, even if you may not agree with them. When it goes to hell in a handbasket she will need a non judgemental friend. I wouldn't mention it again, unless she brings it up.

It’s a shame op, wait for the aftermath.

OP, I think you are a really good friend for what it's worth, and if you were my friend I would listen to you and be thankful you're showing such care and interest in ensuring your friend doesn't get hurt.

All you can do is be there for her when it all goes tits up. It will run its very short course soon, and she will be lucky to have you to support her when it happens.

Thanks all so much for taking the time post it’s helped me articulate views that I probably couldn’t have / wouldn’t have thought about and even though my friend has chosen to stick with him I’m sure some of the challenges have left her thinking that this guy isn’t what he pretends to be .

@pushingdaisies ahh thank you! That’s so nice !