AnnE-girl Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) What would you think if both members of a married couple changed Facebook cover and profile photos from family pictures that included the spouse to individual or generic pictures? Would you wonder if something was wrong with the marriage? Or am I overthinking? DH and I both changed our publicly viewable Facebook pictures to take out the kids for privacy reasons. Then it occurred to me that it might look like something is wrong if someone noticed. Really probably just a stupid, too much time on FB while holding a stuffy baby so he'll actually nap thought. :-) Edited December 9, 2016 by AnnE-girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OH_Homeschooler Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I don't know. It's probably nothing. I change my profile pics totally randomly, if I like a new picture or something. But I suppose it could mean something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I wouldn't think anything of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I change pictures from kids to cat to me to random object all the time. I don't think people would notice. I have no clue what my dh's profile pic is. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I wouldn't think anything of it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I wouldn't think anything of it. Very often we have individual pictures of us, sometime pics as a couple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 total aside but I admit - other than immediately after a wedding or engagement, I kind of think less of people when their profile pix are as a couple. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 No, I don't think anything of it. My facebook picture for a while was a garden. Earlier this year, it was me at my birthday dinner with family (though half were cut out of the picture). Then a while ago, I changed it to my dh and I at our daughter's wedding because I thought I looked nice then. I just change pictures at time. I never think my friends are having troubled marriages if they go from couple to single. One of my friends doesn;t have any pictures of her husband ever up. Others do. I don't think anything of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) I'd think nothing of it. Edited December 9, 2016 by Kinsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Overthinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 If a couple had always had couple/family pictures and then both changed them to individual pictures at the same time, and I weren't in close contact, I would wonder. If there had always been a variety, no. Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I'd think nothing of it. I changed my last name on my account for privacy reasons. While I posted a comment about it at the time, of course not all of my friends would have read it, and I'm sure it's caused a few to think we're no longer together. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwdiaz Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I would not think anything was up in the OP's scenario. I do however think something is wrong if couples air their laundry on FB or post snide comments on each other's page or start posting passive-aggressive articles about how to be better spouses and things. Also, too many "I married the best wife or husband in existence - share if yours is too" type posts make me nuts and I start wondering what the person is trying to cover up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 total aside but I admit - other than immediately after a wedding or engagement, I kind of think less of people when their profile pix are as a couple. :leaving: I don't mind the profile pic as a couple. But I do often see a couple fb page with mashed up names that both partners post to. I don't think I'd want to share a page with my dh, and there's no problem in our marriage. OP, I wouldn't think anything of it. Now if you started vague-booking about problems and changed your relationship status and did a bunch of other red flag stuff, then I might wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myeightkiddies Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I wouldn't think anything negative about it. Friends frequently change their profile pics from family shots to just themselves and vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Ok, I guess I really am overthinking. We had a friend from college who went from posting romantic tropical vacation photos with his wife to getting tagged in some other girl's engagement announcement in less than a year, so it makes me wonder a little bit. He then blocked all the old friends who had no idea they were getting divorced, including the guys who stood up in their wedding. I'm still Facebook friends with his ex-wife, as are most of the college friends who knew him first. I do post positive things about DH occasionally, but I wouldn't complain about him for all of Facebook to see. I don't think that is good for anyone's marriage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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