AITA? I (27f) am happily dating a guy (25m). I went on a trip with my ex before I met my current boyfriend and I posted an instagram photo dump. I removed the couples photos that we had together after we broke up, as one does, but I left a few nature photos of cool views that had the back of his head in them on my Instagram.
My new boyfriend is telling me that I am disrespectful for doing so. He was combing through my Instagram and questioned me about the photos and I replied truthfully. I feel like it is no big deal, but I deleted them to pacify him. He says I need to understand that my intent and way of thinking is wrong. He tells me it is disrespectful to have an image of my ex on my Instagram even if it is the back of his head.
Am I being disrespectful or is he being overly jealous?
Your new boyfriend is jealous of the back of your ex-boyfriend’s head? Sounds pretty normal for a 14 year old. For a 25 year old? Sounds immature and controlling. NTA.
NTA: it is ludicrous to suggest that it is in ANY WAY disrespectful for you to leave any photos of your life online, let alone nature photos that incidentally include the back of your ex’s head. Honestly this kind of aggressive and unwarranted jealousy over nothing is a HUGE RED FLAG in my view.
NTA.
His intent is to control you and pretend you have no past.
This is a huge red flag and considering how new this is, I’d say you should stop wasting your time with him.