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I just need a bit of perspective on an issue I've faced in my relationship. My partner and I have been together for about 3 months and things are good. 2 months ago we set all our Facebook profiles to be very open and because he didn't know how to do it I toggled his for him and THOUGHT I'd set it so that if anyone posted pictures/general posts with him tagged he wouldn't have to give permission before they went public - my view was that we'd both be the same and as we have nothing to hide no issues. Anyway I tagged him in a pic on there recently and out of curiosity I checked his profile to see if if had come up as previous ones had done. However, it hadn't. I was confused as didn't think he needs to give permission on there. Anyway, I asked him if he'd changed his settings at all - he got angry saying I'd questioned his loyalty. He's not happy and I think he'll end it over this. To give some background I have been cheated on before BUT I'm very happy and willing for my bf to go and do his own thing, I don't hassle or give him grief over anything, bug him to come home or check up on him but today I questioned this because it threw me and I've now got this reaction. Was I being unreasonable?

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Unless you were screaming it at him then no you were not being unreasonable. We should feel open to asking our partners things. That he threw a fit and it threatening to end the relationship over this I think is a big problem, he is shutting down communication between you. It was better that you ask him out right about your concerns then to be thinking it and he wonder what is bothering you and you refusing to tell him. People say they want to know what is wrong and then throw a fit when you tell them. That's wrong. Don't apologize for this. He needs to be open to talking about things that bother you or that you have questions about. He needs to apologize for over reacting.

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Thank you for your reply COLDSNOWBUNNY. Just to confirm I wasn't screaming at him at all I asked and explained why I had asked, he got defensive and it went from there. I've not seen him all day and he cancelled some plans we had this afternoon. If I'm honest I had one drunken episode in our whole 3 months were I got extremely drunk and emotional (we used to out with each other years ago and got on to the subject of something sensitive) so I did act well out of my normal character. But aside from this I don't see how I could have caused him to consider ending our relationship. I don't want to feel scared about discussing things in case he hates what I've said and ends the relationship - I feel we should be able to openly talk about things, even stuff that's not pretty - without it resulting in the relationship being over. I'm only human and to be honest I'm not one of those people who can't talk about what's on my mind because if I do it only manifests itself and ends up coming out at a illy time such as when very drunk - which isn't a constructive way to talk. Maybe my body language was accusatory? I'm not sure I just know I made a conscious effort to ask and not accuse. Which has resulted in a day spent apart and him feeling as though I am doubting his loyalty. That's not what I was saying at all.

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