Me [29 F] with my boyfriend [36 M] of 6 months, I snooped and found something I am incredibly uncomfortable with.

To clarify, the folders are not organized. The folders are full of all of his downloaded pictures. He is a home builder, so tons of houses, decor, along with quotes, healthy living things, cars, quotes, landscapes, political things, and people. He has TONS of pictures on his computer and when they move from his phone to his computer they get put in a folder of when they were uploaded. So, each folder have varying number of pictures, of varying topics, with some of them having these pictures of women and are stamped with the date they were moved from his phone to computer.

That being said, I talked to him. He said he just takes lots of pictures, and even said in our conversations that it is kind of an OCD thing for him. He likes to save things. They are not organized, so in all honesty it would be difficult for him to go back through them to find a specific picture of a specific woman. He said that he understood that I would have a problem with this and that this behavior could come off as weird and creepy. He seemed to be embarrassed. He also seemed off put that I snooped, but I explained to him the transparency in the relationship that I want. He has agreed to stop. He said he did not use this as a "spank bank" as many of you put it, although he could just have been too embarrassed to admit that to me. He has agreed to go and delete the pictures. I told him that I want this to be put behind us and for it not to come up anymore. I explained how this is not okay with me and he has agreed to the boundaries that I have set.

I cannot predict the future, but hopefully he stands by his word. I do love him. For the people making comments on the fact that I have only been with him for six months, I do understand I do not have the full story on who this person is. However, I am not naive. I understand people have skeletons. I have my own. I have a "good feeling" about this one, regarding how we interact day to day, our goals, our wants and desires, etc... so I will leave it at that.

This has been a habit and more of an OCD thing for him (as he explained). He also brought up that he has pictures saved of groups of friends, males, family members, etc. I am taking this all for what it is worth. He said that we could have full openness and transparency in our digital lives, so I would probably notice if this behavior continued. I do not want to be looking over my shoulder, so, knowing that there is that openness is pretty much enough for me. If I ever felt the desire to go on his computer, look at his pictures, look at his phone, they are not going to be off limits for me.

We will see what happens, but I do feel much better. I appreciate everyone's input. I will work towards a happy and healthy relationship with this man and honestly, I look forward to it.

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