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Like the title says, been married for a few years and having marital difficulty. My wife has some issues with me posting pictures of myself to a website forum for "e-validation" as she puts it. 

It is a fairly small forum, and there are regularly selfie threads. People just post silly pictures of themselves. They all have to be SFW, but a few get a bit risqué. Mine do not. I am usually in my living room or at my office or something. 

The e-validation thing is pretty stupid, too. The vast majority of people there are very, very snarky. I seldom get positive feedback. It's like that for everyone. I'm comfortable in my skin (and it is remarkably smooth skin), but if I wanted some sort of validation it would not be there. 

She "caught" me when she noticed all of the selfies in my phone and freaked out, so I showed her the threads where I was posting. Partly, she doesn't get why I would belong to a forum, but whatever. 

I like posting selfies and don't want to stop, but I have for her. It isn't a big deal, and it's worth it, but I feel like it's somewhat controlling. If I was sending to one or two people or if they were nudes, then yeah, that would be a problem. Everyone is doing it there. It is a private forum behind a paywall, too. 

Should I just suck it up or stand my ground?
<bot>: My wife has an issue with me posting harmless selfies on a forum that is behind a paywall. She says I am vain and trying to get online validation, but that isn't true.