“As a man, I think it is normal and expected that I do not want the implied presence of other men injected into our shared intimacy. I’m pretty upset at this, but I’m unsure if I’m overreacting.”
“First of all, I need a reality check: Surely it is a strange thing to send…photographs taken by an ex-lover (unless it is very clear in advance that this is welcome)? Or am I weird here?”
And the second part of this is that he really doesn’t know how to reply to his girlfriend regarding the photos.
His girlfriend is really conscious about her body, so he is aware that it took a lot of bravery on her part to even send these photos to him in the first place.
“I don’t want to hurt her by expressing that the photos made me feel weirded out and upset,” he continued.
“Should I communicate my feelings at all in this case, or would the strategic thing to do be simply keep my mouth shut and pretend that I wasn’t upset by this? What do I do?”
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