Feelings on liking an ex's pic?

[Somanyusernamess]

DP and I both have our most recent ex's as friends on fb, both for the same reason really, we both split up with them a while ago but it was mostly amicable and there were no hard feelings so didn't have the usual reasons for deleting them etc.
DP will on very odd occasion make comment about me being friends with my ex, saying he doesnt see why I need to be friends with him on fb etc, I don't ever say anything about his ex.
Anyway his ex pops up on my people you may know the other day and being nosy I had a scroll through her page and find my DP has liked one of her profile pics, which isn't actually a pic of herself.
It doesnt bother me, but should it? I know for a fact if it was the other way around he would not be happy!
Thoughts?

are you asking strangers on the net if you should be bothered about this.....

@Sugartitties that's what these threads are for, no?

Why wouldn't he be happy? Struggling to see a problem here.

If he had liked everyone of her pictures I might wonder how much time he spends on her profile but one picture thats not even of her? Nope, I can't say I would be bothered by that at all.

I would be bothered by the hypocrisy of him making comments about OP's ex yet putting a like on his own ex's picture.

How long ago was the post, and what was it a picture of?

@Isitsixoclockalready to tell someone how they should feel? no, i don’t think so

op, i can’t see a problem here

WTF is the point of being friends with people on FB if you aren't "allowed" to interact at all?
Either be friends and interact normally, or don't be friends.
Staying friends so you can stalk them without interacting is frankly peculiar.

@pinkyredrose he wouldn't be happy because there's been a few instances where male friends (genuinely just friends not ex's of mine) have liked/commented on things of mine and he's made a sarcastic comment. Its said in a jokey way but I know if it was a comment/like by my ex he'd have plenty to say.
@usernameerror101 it was a couple of months ago and it was pics of her pets.
I don't have a problem with it but I think it should work both ways.

Well of course it should work both ways!! Have you ever had that conversation with him?

Maybe he accidentally liked it. Maybe it came up on his feed and he saw puppies and pressed like, not realising it was her photo.

However, he shouldn't be telling you that you can't comment on an ex's photo

Seriously, if you can't allow each other's FB friends to comment/like posts, or can't comment/like their posts without it causing a ruckus, then

there's no point either of you having these people as friends
and your relationship is insecure as fuck and you should both have a word with yourselves.

If it doesn't bother you, why post about it?

If he was liking a lot of her pictures of herself, then I'd be bothered/suspicious. This seems rather innocent.

Wise up. A couple of years ago a wee video popped up on my Facebook saying that my ex and I like each other a lot and detailed how many ‘likes’ we had each given each other in the previous year. Was well over 100 each 😳. Anyway- it was harmless- we had both been happily married for years to other people. He sadly died a couple of years ago and to be honest now I actually smile when I scroll through old photos etc. It is perfectly possible to be friends with an ex and not be about to have an affair!

It's not necessarily hypocritical because not all ex relationships are equal or have the same history.
Some are more significant than others or might have had more emotions involved or more of a shared history.

If it's not even a pic of her, I don't see how you can see anything wrong with it, him liking a pic of a landscape or a drink or whatever.

If he was liking a pic of her dressed up for a night out in a slinky outfit, lots of cleavage etc, that'd be different.

Liking a random pic a FB friend put up is not inappropriate at all.

It's true that he shouldn't have a problem with you liking and making the occasional comment on a friend who happens to be an ex's wall.

If it was loads of comments or saying flirty stuff, that'd be different.

@MyCatHatesEverybody

I would be bothered by the hypocrisy of him making comments about OP's ex yet putting a like on his own ex's picture.

This ^^

@toomanyplants I just wondered if it is something I should be bothered about that's all. Was interested to see other peoples opinions.
@user1481840227 I completely agree there, my ex was a 4 year relationship, engagement etc. His was about 10 months, not that time is relevant to feelings etc but I would say my relationship was more significant than his.