Social media has been known to cause friction in relationships with all the dilemmas it presents.
From not posting pictures of your partner on Instagram to getting caught out for liking photos you potentially shouldn’t be, it can often be a minefield to navigate.
However, one woman has shared her frustration at her partner’s refusal to accept her as a friend on Facebook.
While this would be more understandable if the couple had been dating for a few weeks or months, she revealed that she and her partner had been together since 2014.
Taking to Mumsnet to ask whether she was being unreasonable, the anonymous woman explained that the pair have bought a house together and even have two teenage children.
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The post reads: “We are both In our 50s and I have 2 teenage children who live with us. It's been a tricky time for us for various reasons but we are working through this and it feels like it's moving in the right direction.”
She later clarified that the ‘tricky time’ was due to his behaviour.
The post continued: “However, he removed me on Facebook last year and despite me asking him to re-add me said he will not.
“I am finding this upsetting and he knows this, he said he is a private person and does not want others knowing his business. He is active on FB. Anyhow it bothers me and I would love to hear what others think.”
Many have already responded to the post and shared their thoughts about his refusal and secrecy.
One reply read: “You're living together so it's ridiculous to say he doesn't want people to know his business, presumably the fact that you're a couple. I'd consider that shady behaviour.”
Another wrote: “People wouldn't have to know his business if he added you. That's a really strange excuse. Whatever his reasoning, he's hiding something from you and he's hiding you from something.”
Someone else said: “A partner who’s behaviour has caused problems who is happy with lots of Fb friends but not his partner because he doesn’t want ‘people’ knowing his business isn’t a good partner. If he doesn’t want the woman he lives with knowing his Fb business I’d move on.”
“This is a HUGE red flag! Honestly, all this screams to me is that he wants to 'appear' single, that can not be good,” a fourth warned.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.
