I’ve been dating a man for about 3 months now and it recently got serious/we became exclusive. I try not to overthink social media actions, but I’ve begun to notice a pattern. I’ve had numerous womens’ accounts (on Instagram) show up in my suggested as he follows them, and out of curiosity I clicked on a few.
After viewing the accounts, I saw that he’s consistently liking their photos, including somewhat scandalous ones (I.e. bikini photos, ones subtly showing off body, etc). Obviously I don’t care if he likes female friends’ photos, but this seems different. I believe many of these women he may have met/added through dating apps before we were exclusive (they follow him back). The issue is that he still continues to like all of their photos (both “sexy” ones and just normal/casual posts).
Am I wrong for feeling a bit upset about this? I did politely ask him why and he said that he just likes a bunch of pictures on his feed without thinking about it. It feels a bit childish to me/I feel like he should not be interacting (even if it’s just a simple photo like) with women he formerly had romantic interest in (even if they never dated and/or actually met). Appreciate any input!
Edit: he does scroll social media quite a bit and I do see that he always tends to like all our mutuals’ photos/he’s not selectively liking. But given these are women I believe he previously added after matching with on dating apps, I feel like he should be withholding from liking their photos (or even still following them in the first place).
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