Three isn’t always a magic number, especially when it comes to your partner’s best friend.

How would you handle getting put in the middle of conflict between your best friend and your partner?

One guy recently ask Reddit to settle this situation, here’s what went down.

AITA for asking my best friend not to post pictures of me and my girlfriend?

I (25M) have a childhood best friend named Anna (27F).

We’ve been close forever, and she and my girlfriend Lily (26F) have actually always gotten along great.

They even hang out on their own sometimes and it’s never been weird.

Strange start, but okay.

Anna’s always been the type to document everything on social media.

She takes a bunch of photos whenever she hangs out with people or goes out and posts them online, which has never been a problem to me even though I don’t personally understand the social media mania.

Different strokes for different folks.

The issue is that Lily is a very private person.

She doesn’t mind having her picture taken, but typically doesn’t want it online unless she’s approved it, because of her job and just her own personal preference I guess.

Understandable.

The issue arose a few days ago when Anna came over for dinner.

She took a bunch of pics of us cooking laughing and just hanging out.

Later she put them on Facebook without asking first.

Asking permission in this day and age is vital.

The pictures were very tame in my opinion but it pissed Lily off and she asked me to talk to her about asking for permission before posting.

While I didn’t personally see it as a huge deal I understood it made it uncomfortable so I agreed to talk to her.

So I told Anna in future if she wants to post pictures of us in future she has to ask before she posts them, especially if Lily is in any of them.

Seems like a fair boundary to set.

Anna seemed taken aback and got upset, because she “always” posts photos of her life and I’ve never had an issue when I’ve been in them in the past, and also said I only have an issue with this because Lily does.

So now she’s mad at me because she thinks I’m a pushover I guess and hasn’t talked to me in a few days.

Irritating problem, but potentially easily solvable?

Let’s see what Redditors chimed in.

Everyone agreed it wasn’t the original poster’s problem.

Others questioned the validity of their friendship.

Some decried the “girl best friend” stereotype.

One person was even vindictive.

Though some folks offered nuance.

Seems like someone may be getting unfriended on multiple levels.

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