Before we start, let's not turn this into a thread to whine about Facebook. Stick to the topic at hand regardless of your views on Facebook itself. Not everyone uses it... I get that.
Broke up with my ex-girlfriend around 2 months ago now. I'm not 100% over her yet but I'm getting there. It was a bit of a messy break up but neither of us had actually stopped loving each other, we just argued a lot towards the end and decided enough was enough (not going to go into it any more than that). We aren't officially "not talking", but we aren't in communication to make the break up easier for us both. We don't hate each other and can still be civil with each other.
The issue: I obviously plan to move on at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later. Half of my facebook photos have both me and said ex-girlfriend in them. If I meet someone, at some point; probably early on; she will be added on Facebook (unless she is one of the few who don't have it these days) and will see ALL these photos of me with her. I fear this may not go down well even if she doesn't admit it.
The way I see it, it happened before I met her... it's nothing to be ashamed of... BUT, it's kind of rubbing it in her face a bit isn't it? How do I handle this situation?
a) Delete or at least de-tag myself in all photos with her in them too.
b) Delete just the ones of us doing things that couples do (lots of hugging/kissing ones, posing together for photos etc)
c) Leave them there and just hope she's not the type to be bothered (the hypothetical new girlfriend).
d) ??? (suggestions)
Extra info: The ex' has temporarily deactivated her Facebook profile since we broke up so wouldn't know anything has been done for a while but presumably she will activate it again at some time and might be hurt by the fact I've done it (should I even care? I do still now but time might change this...). I have her brother and some of her friends on too who would see it (again, should I care? Probably not is my gut instinct).
I'm sure plenty of people have been in the same situation, what did you do?
Broke up with my ex-girlfriend around 2 months ago now. I'm not 100% over her yet but I'm getting there. It was a bit of a messy break up but neither of us had actually stopped loving each other, we just argued a lot towards the end and decided enough was enough (not going to go into it any more than that). We aren't officially "not talking", but we aren't in communication to make the break up easier for us both. We don't hate each other and can still be civil with each other.
The issue: I obviously plan to move on at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later. Half of my facebook photos have both me and said ex-girlfriend in them. If I meet someone, at some point; probably early on; she will be added on Facebook (unless she is one of the few who don't have it these days) and will see ALL these photos of me with her. I fear this may not go down well even if she doesn't admit it.
The way I see it, it happened before I met her... it's nothing to be ashamed of... BUT, it's kind of rubbing it in her face a bit isn't it? How do I handle this situation?
a) Delete or at least de-tag myself in all photos with her in them too.
b) Delete just the ones of us doing things that couples do (lots of hugging/kissing ones, posing together for photos etc)
c) Leave them there and just hope she's not the type to be bothered (the hypothetical new girlfriend).
d) ??? (suggestions)
Extra info: The ex' has temporarily deactivated her Facebook profile since we broke up so wouldn't know anything has been done for a while but presumably she will activate it again at some time and might be hurt by the fact I've done it (should I even care? I do still now but time might change this...). I have her brother and some of her friends on too who would see it (again, should I care? Probably not is my gut instinct).
I'm sure plenty of people have been in the same situation, what did you do?
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