The title is accurate but not the full story, a few nights ago I (27f) was laying in bed with my husband (30m) and when I rolled over to say goodnight he opened his group chat with his friends and I saw someone had sent an AI generated photo of my sister in a bikini. I was not looking through his phone or really in his business it just popped up on screen and I immediately recognized my sister and the background was from a family event. He immediately closed the chat and sighed cause he knew I saw. I didn’t freak I just rolled over and didn’t say anything for a few minutes trying to process what I had just seen. He immediately messaged the moderator of this chat (his brother) to have the images removed from the chat. He understood how bad of a look it was but explained it as it being “a trend on twitter” and that his friend had made similar photos of other members of the group as well as informing me that my sister is a running meme in the group. What I’m struggling with is that even though my husband didn’t create the image he fostered and participated in an environment that would make a group member feel that doing this was appropriate and he also admitted that had I not seen it with my own eyes he would not have told me. I’m not big on dictating who my husband is friends with but this feels like a severe line has been crossed. I also don’t appreciate finding out that my sister has been the butt of a long running joke in their chat. I guess I’m just looking for advice or suggestions on how to proceed because this is such a complicated new age sort or issue that I was not prepared to navigate.
EDIT: My sister is not a minor, she is older than me.
His brother is the moderator but that’s the only person he knows in there irl these are all people they’ve met through online gaming.
I don’t know if he sent the original image or if they pulled it from social media.
The running “joke” is just that she’s lame I guess, I’m not getting the joke at all.
I’m answering questions as quick as I can please be mindful I’m getting multiple replies a minute. This is also an ongoing conversation with my husband so even I don’t have all the answers yet.
Final edit and update:
I am making separation plans with intent to pursue a divorce currently and getting some things into place.
I will be telling my sister everything in person as soon as I can. As far as the pregnancy I am not going to make any knee jerk decisions right this minute because I want to have a clear head when I decide how I want to proceed with that aspect. Thank you for those who were kind and helpful and to those who threw my post history in my face congrats the leopards are eating it and I got what y’all think I deserved. Hu