Is your boyfriend following a few too many girls on Instagram for your liking? Girls you never met and girls who are suspiciously pretty and half naked?
The internet has a lot to say about these kinds of boyfriends. Are social media users on the mark with their thoughts? Or are they just being paranoid? Let’s find out.
Confront him about it
There are generally two minds to this scenario. The first one is that if you feel strongly about this, you should confront him.
Naturally, people are wary of this, because it may make them seem like the typical overzealous and jealous girlfriend. But if he is your boyfriend, then you have to communicate your feelings.
At best, he will understand and you can work on a compromise together. At worst, then all of your suspicions were, unfortunately, correct.
Confront yourself about it
The second mind to this scenario is to look within.
This is not to say that you have no reason to be worried—it’s instead to say that you should find the core, fundamental reason.
It could be jealousy on your part. It could also be your intuition speaking. Before you confront him, you should make sure that you feel valid in your own conviction, so you can survive whatever happens next.
Redditors say…
One Redditor wrote, “I dated a man who followed 2,000 Instagram models, some private some public. Turns out he had a severe porn addiction (125 tabs open on his phone) and just looking at porn videos wasn’t enough for him. He eventually started ogling at women when in public with me and I felt so uncomfortable. I’m so glad I didn’t stay in that relationship.”
Someone else added, “He’s doing it because he’s immature. And I think a lot of guys do it because they have the small idea in their head that possibly one of those girls will reach out to them and fulfill their fantasy.”
A third user added, “Good luck OP. Me and my boyfriend broke up yesterday for this very issue. We were together for three years and I told him I was uncomfortable with him liking and following thirst traps while we’re in a relationship from the very beginning.”
If your boyfriend’s social media behavior is inappropriate to this degree, you have a lot to think about.
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