Being "Facebook official" Pros v. Cons?

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I'm 24 and in a relationship of over a year. I have a Facebook, my 24 year old boyfriend has a Facebook. We're out of college so we don't use it much, but we both still have them.

I want to be Facebook official. I know it doesn't really matter, but a lot of my friends don't live in town and I am proud of my relationship and want everyone to know about it. I also like the security that comes with everyone knowing. It's not like we hide. Everyone we know in town pretty much knows we're together, but I don't really see the problem with it.

FYI, he has been "FB official" with all of his exes (college-high school etc) including shared Facebook pictures etc. I know we're out of college so Facebook isn't as big of a deal, but I still want us to be together online in addition to in real life.

Some of this is me being territorial since I live in his city with all of his friends, exes, and ex fuck buddies. Some of them give me the stink eye when we see them and go "oh! I didn't know you had a girlfriend" or "What? since when?" when he introduces me in bars etc.

He says that he never uses it so he might just delete it, but it's also how he stays in touch with college friends so I know he won't actually delete it. To me, it just seems like an excuse and like he really doesn't want us to be publicly together online or something. I don't think he's looking for women on Facebook or anything, so I'm not really sure why.

Thoughts? Do you think he's trying to hide? why wouldn't he want us to post on there? People say the privacy thing, but why would you want to keep the girl you're in love with private? It feels like he's hiding me.
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also when I told him that it bothers me that he used to do it with his exes and that I'm worried that he just won't do it with me he said "it's not about you." which hurts. I'm in this relationship too.
Being "Facebook official" Pros v. Cons?
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