I (26F) don't know how to feel about my boyfriend's (28M) use of instagram where he pretends to be a girl

My boyfriend and I have been dating for about two years and things are pretty serious. We currently live together and have been talking about moving to the city he grew up in. That would basically entail me completely starting over somewhere I would know nobody but him. However, I have been more than happy to do this because I love him and we have a really strong relationship... or so I thought.

Last night he let me use his phone to text a mutual friend because mine had died right as I was texting. I accidentally opened instagram and here's where it gets weird. It was logged into a random account (not his "real" one that I follow) with a name like "jennygirlxoxo" or something equally cringe-worthy.

At first glimpse, the account consisted of pictures of your typical basic white girls wearing uggs and leggings and drinking Starbucks. The inbox was FULL of messages from guys who clearly get off to this shit, and my bf is messaging back pretending to be an 18 year old girl. I saw clear evidence that guys were paying him for pictures of this girl "Jenny" from the legs down wearing leggings and socks or uggs. THEY WERE MY LEGGINGS, SOCKS, AND UGGS. And clearly not me wearing them, so I am assuming it is my bf taking pictures of HIMSELF wearing my clothes to send to all these dudes. What the hell?

The one conversation I did scroll a bit into was with this teenager who was confiding to Jenny about how tiny his penis is and how he is bulled at school and really appreciates Jenny's friendship. So basically, my bf is really playing into this character and creating relationships with these people in between sending them pictures of my socks on the floor.

When I actually went to look at the pictures he has publicly posted, there's a few of me that I had no idea he had even taken. The most recent one was from the previous night where I'm laying on our bed on my stomach facing the opposite direction so it's just my ass and feet. The comments were a swarm of guys flipping out over this saying it was the best thing "Jenny" had ever posted and they loved how the bottoms of my white socks were dirty, and wished I was wearing uggs. WTF. My bf then responds that Jenny was wearing uggs earlier, "don't worry".

Judging from what I read and saw, I feel like he is catfishing all of these people and making money off them. But why? I can't tell if he is also into this "basic white girl" fetish or whatever it is, but honestly would not be surprised at this point. And the money, he has a well-paying job and is eligible for promotion soon anyway so I don't get it.

I ended up just giving him his phone back and not saying anything. I'm not sure if I even want to confront him about this instagram thing. I really love him, I've totally banked on the plans we've made together, and now I feel like I don't know him as well as I thought I did because of him hiding this from me. Since I've been with him, my life has changed so much for the better and he's supported my growth into a better person. I guess I'm posting on here because I cannot imagine going to my friends about this, but any advice is appreciated!

Is this something to pretend I never saw and let him have his privacy like as if I'd seen his internet porn history? Or would you confront a partner over this? What do you think his reason for running the account is?

tl;dr: Found out my bf is catfishing guys on instagram pretending to be an 18 year old basic white girl.

Submitted March 02, 2019 at 11:12AM by UnhappyGoat4 https://ift.tt/2Hc74H4