In an era where social media use is at an all-time high, and narcissism given a platform to roam free in a land of selfies and filters, the rise and rise of the ‘Instagram boyfriend‘ has become a pop culture phenomenon in and of itself.
There are Instagram feeds dedicated to them and memes made out of them, but what about the ones who don’t want to do it at all?
On 29-year-old man has posted on Reddit about the fact he is exhausted by his 30-year-old girlfriend of 15 months and her social media demands (in a dilemma unique to 2018, no doubt).
“Her father did a fantastic job of recording/photographing her life ever since she was born (there are multiple bookcases of photo albums at her parent’s place). Maybe too fantastic. Her need for me to catalogue her life is slowly draining my soul.
“I understand and enjoy taking pictures just as much as anyone else when it comes to dates, vacations, and even food. But when I have to take [over] 400 photos (yes, you read that right) on our date to the sand dunes or [over] 100 photos of our fine dining experience last night with another couple, is it really so hard to believe that I would get tired, start to not enjoy the experience, and eventually become visibly upset?” he wrote.
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He went on to say for a long time now, he has done his best to “humour” her as he knows she “enjoys getting photographed”.
“After our second-to-last fight about this, I told her I would try to improve my attitude (not fake smile, smile only with teeth, don’t become solemn and sulk). But when I have to enjoy salvation mountain through the lens of her GoPro as I follow her around filming/photographing, or when I have to stop every minute during a hike to photograph her, it becomes difficult.”
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Maybe she should actually LIVE her life, instead of looking at it through a screen. I hate to point this out, but no one will give a sh*t about your feed when you're gone, your family might keep a handful of pictures of you to pass down the generations but not a perfectly curated 100000 picture Instagram feed. She needs to get over herself. My advice to you is run- it'll only get worse, think of the production (if) when she gets married or has a baby....
RUN