Am I being unreasonable?

So when I got with my other half I found very recent activity of him on OF and actively subscribing to people, so I asked him if he could stop doing that and close it down because it personally makes me uncomfortable knowing he is paying to look at other girls. Recently I've discovered he is actively following loads of OF girls on Instagram and receiving messages from some about new videos being uploaded. When I challenged him with this he got angry and said "so you want me to sit here for ages following these people" I said yes because as I mentioned before it makes me uncomfortable. But yesterday I noticed he hasn't actually done it and I'm assuming just hopes I have forgotten about it, he always takes his phone with him and is constantly staring at it so I am constantly on edge and paranoid that he is dedicating his time to these women and not me. I feel disgusting as it is since pregnancy because of the weight etc and I barely get kissed or cuddled anymore..... I don't know if I am being unreasonable or if I am right in feeling like this šŸ˜•
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So did he stop using/paying for OF and is just getting free teasers and ads on IG? If he followed through on quitting OF, I'd take some time to try and have a calm conversation about things. Because in his mind, if your problem was him paying for content, and he's not paying for anything, he probably doesn't see the big deal. But that's just if I'm understanding correctly.

@Raqi I don't know if he has, he told me he would but I havent seen any proof that he has stopped using OF. I have tried to speak to him about how it makes me uncomfortable with him still looking at these girls on IG but he just gets annoyed and the last time was when he mentioned taking ages to unfollow people....

Your feelings are definitely valid and heā€™s not respecting your boundaries either. What might be ok for one person isnā€™t ok for another. It doesnā€™t bother me my husband looking but Iā€™d be a bit like why are you wasting your money when thereā€™s so much free on the internet šŸ«£

Is he replying to the messages? Bc those girls do just send messages out like ads. Not trying to make excuses for him, just saying. I get why youā€™re upset and I probably would be too. But tbh, it really doesnā€™t matter if heā€™s following these women or not, there is plenty of public content. So him going through the trouble of unfollowing these girls isnā€™t really going to solve the root of the problem which is him looking at other women in a way that feels disrespectful to you. It seems like heā€™s trying to downplay that part which is bogus. My advice was going to be to tell him how you feel uncomfortable/disrespected but it looks like you did that already so idk what else to say

@Carmen I'm unsure if he replies, yeah ive seen they send stuff out just aren't sure what he does with the information he gets given. I hate looking at his phone so I've only seen all of this evidence from him showing me like silly videos or whatever and they pop up on his notifications or when he's next to me and I can see him glaring at a girl on his screen. The OF thing I discovered when he went to show me something on his browser and he left the tab open on OF. Thank you for your comment šŸ™

@Siobhan yeah there's loads of free content online, I think I may be perhaps jealous of the time he dedicates to these women and not me perhaps as well as generally feeling uneasy with him glaring at other women. I've been cheated on in the past so I dunno if it's deep rooted in me now to be paranoid šŸ˜…

Oh absolutely not. To me this is a form of cheating (obviously not everyone will feel the same). He wouldnā€™t like it if you were doing the same, the fact youā€™ve asked him to stop already before shouldā€™ve been enough. Heā€™s clearly not respectful to your feelings, you should be more blunt and tell him it needs to be done right here right now

@Rosie even if itā€™s an insecurity for you as your partner he should be squashing anything to make you feel that way. So if he isnā€™t of course itā€™s going to heighten those feelings.

@Rosie well.. takes less time than the time he spent finding them, looking through their page and deciding to follow them in the first place.. šŸ™„ sounds like a him problem šŸ¤£

@Rosie I donā€™t think you should blame previous cheating on why you feel like this. Itā€™s disrespectful end of. Donā€™t blame yourself for feeling a way about it! šŸ«¶šŸ¼

I would be pissed because the money he's using to subscribe to OF could be going towards something more productive like his family, bills, or savings for his little one's future.

I would sit down with him and help him clear out all of his social media. My policy in my relationship is we donā€™t follow anyone on any social media if we have no reason to follow them other than they are attractive. Openly following porn is so weird to me. Is this a private account or everyone can click on it and see he follows OF girls?

How long have you been together now? I feel like if he's doing this stuff at the start of the relationship things will only get worse

Sorry I accidentally clicked ā€œno You are being unreasonableā€ i meant to click ā€œI would feel the sameā€! Sorry this is happening to you.

I had a similar experience with my husband, when my husband was acting weird and shady, I was a bit worried to what might have been the problem, later I notice he grins at his phone and when I ask, he tries to cover it up with lies, this made me resort to the use of tech expert who could get into his phone, I was recommended to nineplanethacker on gmail, for phone hack and access service. The brilliant mind behind the aforementioned email address delivered extremely awesome and I was able to have access to my husband social media apps from my phone remotely and caught his lying Azz, he kept begging me now and i don't know what to do after all the evidence i have.......

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Nothing about this is ok. Itā€™ll take a few minutes out of his day to unfollow them and put you at ease yet he doesnā€™t care to do it. Thereā€™s honestly no reason he should be following them anyways??? Itā€™s just childish and disrespectful honestly. Sit down with him and have a true heart to heart with how youā€™re feeling and make it clear what you want. After you do that and he still doesnā€™t show up for you. Itā€™s up to you to decide how long you will tolerate feeling like this.

Also Iā€™m sorry youā€™re going through this. Itā€™s the worst feeling and I hope itā€™s gets better for you

@Dana šŸ¦…ā™„ļøšŸ¤šŸ’™ I love your energy šŸ¤©šŸ¤©šŸ¤©

Thank you everyone this has really helped šŸ’—

It's disrespectful entirely. Stand your ground. Why are you not enough for him? You should tell him it you or everyone else he can't have both

@Joyce Thanks girl! I get so much hate from some of the women on here for my relationship policies but šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø itā€™s been working for us for 15 years.

he is putting himself first ahead of you and your feelings. I actually had this same conversation with my husband and he understood well where I was coming from and did the changes I asked to delete the photos from his phone and he did go through the list of girls he followed and unfollowed them. If your other half is having an issue with this, and even goes so far as to argue about it, it sounds more like he has other secrets, at least to me it does. I donā€™t have an issue with my husband watching porn, I just donā€™t care. But saving photos of women you literally canā€™t even look like, and multiples of the same person, tells you a lot about him. You should tell him that this is a subject youā€™re not taking your foot off of because not only is it super disrespectful of him, it means that his porn addiction is more important to him than your feelings.

i would actually leave my partner and he knows this!!! it means he isnā€™t happy with you or your body, and he doesnā€™t love or respect you otherwise he wouldnā€™t even be looking at that stuff let alone PAYING FOR IT. thatā€™s truly disgusting and i feel so sorry for you, im surprised your not more mad tbh as i would crash out

@Rosie so heā€™s clearly hiding it because he knows itā€™s wrong. red flag. definitely cheating.

Not being unreasonable at all, why pay for it, really? Is it necessaryā€¦. And to take it to Instagram tooā€¦. Weird behaviour in my opinion. You have every right to feel reassured and want to feel needed by your other half, particularly in PP!! If something is making you feel uncomfortable you are allowed to say and if nothing changes you are allowed to say again! Until you notice any changes you keep mentioning whatā€™s bothering you! X

If my husband would be on OF he will be immediately kicked out from the house. This is disgusting and so disrespectful.

This is so disrespectful of him.

No idea what others have said, and some probable will highly disagree with meā€¦. but to me itā€™d classify as cheating because you voiced itā€™s making you uncomfortable, and it sounds like a porn addiction.

Honestly a man that takes his phone in the bathroom or hides it from u . Is a big red flag

@Rosie ugh this is a prime example of why I always say if thereā€™s something to see, it will fall into your lap! You donā€™t always have to go looking. I also caught my then boyfriend (now husband) liking pics on Ig of artists he worked with while I was pregnant and I told him I didnā€™t like it and itā€™s embarrassing for me to have my man looking thirsty when they all know Iā€™m gone big and pregnant. Iā€™ve never seen him do it again. It should be just that simple whether he thinks youā€™re being insecure or not. And the absolute LEAST he could do is unfollow the women as they message him. Thereā€™s absolutely no reason he doesnā€™t immediately hit unfollow or even block. I donā€™t like telling ppl to break up over 1 problemā€¦ā€¦but if it were me I donā€™t think I could deal with that

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