My [34M] GF [29F] of 6 weeks tagged me in a somewhat "dubious" post on FB and I don't know how to address it with her (or if I even want to)

"Hey my facebook friend immediately messaged me about that fart thing you posted on Facebook. I thought the post itself was funny and obviously a positive thing, but I'm not sure how I feel about it appearing on Facebook in such a public way. Some of my followers aren't as relaxed about these kind of things, hence someone letting me know right away about it. Honestly I'm not exactly close with a lot of my Facebook followers and tend to keep things more private on Facebook. I'd appreciate if in the future you could keep these kinds of inside jokes private since I have a lot of family, friends, coworkers, etc. on Facebook who clearly are more uptight about this kind of stuff."

I'm going to say something that sounds a little weird, but I'm your girlfriends age and I've found that with partners who are even a few years older or younger the social media thing is wildly different. My partner is only three years older than me, but the difference in what social media and cell phones we had access to when is actually noticeable. For example, within a short time after I got Facebook everyone could have it not just the college students that had it while he was in college. I could text friends in high school whereas he didn't have texting capabilities until college. The first iphone came out my sophomore year of college whereas he was a working adult before he had a smart phone, etc. Again, it may have nothing to do with ages, but it also might be worth noting whether there are subtle differences in how you view social media and what is or isn't weird to each of you.

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