She’s been in a relationship for two months and doesn’t care about her boyfriend’s social-media activity. “ control over social media is just a waste of energy,” says Brittany, a 25-year-old publicist based in Soho who declined to give her last name. Others have no problem with such behavior. “It showed me that he put himself before me,” she says. But even after they reconciled and agreed not to post flirty comments on people’s Instas, she was never able to get over his initial digital faux pas. Ten minutes later, he called her and apologized. He then tried to gaslight her, texting her it wasn’t a big deal, before calling her a stalker.

“I was like, ‘What the f – – k,’ ” Metselaar, who’s based in Union Square and muses about her personal life on her podcast, “ We Met at Acme,” tells The Post. She sent her then-boyfriend a screenshot of his comment and texted him. Upon further inspection, she saw that he had also commented, “Up late looking at this.” It immediately set her off. When she was scrolling through her Instagram in May 2017, she noticed that her boyfriend liked a scantily clad photo of his coworker wearing a crop top and booty shorts. Lindsey Metselaar, 27, falls in the latter camp. Others view such behavior, called microcheating, as infidelity or a path to it.

Some say liking a sexy Instagram picture of a friend or acquaintance is no big deal. Sometimes it’s best to just keep your iPhone in your pants.īehavior on social media, particularly Instagram, has become a sticking point for couples. Lindsey Metselaar broke up with a boyfriend after he commented on a scantily clad colleague’s Instagram picture.

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