@Brianjones you have to rein in the flirting , one thing can lead to another. This heart thing is starting to trouble me now lol. Just for the record to all you guys who bat for the other team, my hearts are cold thumb likes, ok.
There are traditional types and then there are controlling types. The former you can work with in some cases. My wife is a bit traditional but still quite opened minded for her generation. Doesn’t get upset about me being friends with my exes (anymore) or me occasionally having a phone call to catch up with old flames. That’s a big leap for a lot of people here…
What you have is off the deep end though, I’m sorry to say. I’d give it an honest shot in trying to talk sense but if he’s firm in controlling the most meaningless parts of your life, bail and do it swiftly.
@Leslie.rose, you could ask if he’s willing to go to marriage counseling with you to talk through his insecurity issues. If that still does not help, then at least he would hear from a marriage counselor that maybe he’s not ready for a committed relationship.
I don’t think it matters if he’s right or not. It’s Facebook: it’s not worth getting divorced over. If using the heart reactions bothers your husband then stop doing it. It’s also hard to believe you have this involuntary thing where you just send random dudes heart reactions. You know it will piss your husband off. Just stop unless you want to push things further toward a divorce.
Staying married is about these kind of compromises. You take a stand on things that are important to you. Not on Facebook bullshit. I can’t count the number of times my wife has said “Can you please stop that?” to me and I did. The same goes for her. We don’t willfully piss each other off. That’s how we’ve managed to stay married for so long.