Not an f-up.

You caught a potential problem when there's still time to make changes to mitigate it. You should thank him for the heads-up!

There even might be tracking in the computer. This is why companies have protocols, to make sure things are as they should be. You are probably gonna get caught, so the best thing to do is get ahead of it and come clean, don’t wait for them to catch you, you’ll look more like a crook that way

What if they count their bath towels every night to help them fall asleep?

i wouldn't use google photos. get a private cloud for photos. i got a synology a few years ago. it works great to backup photos

Cover cover and cover. Change the label on it, put it somewhere with very low traffic and IF you get asked about it deny knowing anything about it. You're likely to be fired if you're found out so might as well try your best

We have the 20 of them they wont know

Do you know what anecdote means?

Dated a woman with scars long ago. She was self conscious of them from an abusive marriage. We were being intimate and she saw her reflection in the mirror on my closet door, stopped, and started crying. I just took her in my arms and asked what was wrong. She cried that she saw us in the mirror and saw her "ugly" scars. I just told her, "what scars? I see beauty marks of a strong survivor" and gently kissed one of her scars(her scars didn't hurt physically). She just smiled and after just holding her until she calmed down, she thanked me for loving her for everything she is...and we had one of the most intense lovemaking times we ever had together.

She still had trust issues and really wasn't ready for a long term relationship. She finally broke up with me when one of her sh*t tests to see if she could get me to be jealous finally pushed me too far. Basically she asked for us to go out dancing with a couple of her friends, so we went. She waited to mention her friend's dance buddy was one of her ex's she used to live with halfway to the guy's house to pick him up. After getting to the club she ignored me all night and danced with her ex. When I had enough of being ignored for 3 hours I confronted her about it and she said I was being jealous and broke up with me. Went no contact with her after that night. Six months later she contacted me apologizing for what she put me thru and said she finally got professional counseling that helped her. She wanted one more try, but I had just started seeing someone a month prior(who I now have been married to for 17 years). She thanked me for trying to be strong and patient with her and if things didn't work out that she would be willing to try again. She did move on, got remarried, and had a happy life. We didn't keep in touch but would be friendly when running into each other in public.

So sorry for being long winded here, but I would encourage you to see if you can get some continued counseling. See if you can get your therapist to recommend a book to encourage your boyfriend to read that could help him be a bit more proactive in not bumping into any of your triggers. He's young and still learning as you are. Emotions and relationship communication is an ever-growing thing. You'll be okay. You are one of the strong ones. :)

Are your parents not going to miss their bath towels though?

Update

Not once have you answered the question. You just keep talking about your education and proving my point. You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about and refuse to admit it.

I learned about many psychological disorders as well. As in, they’re mentioned in a single chapter on maybe a page or two. That’s your knowledge of autism. You’re talking to someone who has generations of family with autism, so aside from my degree, which taught me nothing about it, I have decades of experience you can’t learn in school. In addition, I’ve worked closely with people who only work with children with autism (like my NV child) and I’ve had to study the subject at length in private. Also, I am autistic. So please keep lecturing me about your education when I’m trying to ask you

For the THIRD time: where is the science that says vocal stereotypy is harmful? It’s nowhere, because it isn’t. It essentially means to babble. So you’re saying babbling is worse than physical harm. So again, please explain why you think chatter is worse than physical violence. I’ve got your credentials. Back up your “sCiEnCe”

You can absolutely delete them from the cloud just by using Google Photos on your phone.

Explain what you said to us to your boyfriend. He can't read your mind, but you can speak yours. You show him your perspective and that won't give him much room to doubt himself in this situation.

Assumptions really are the mother of all fuckups and you don't want him assuming shit because you're both 18 and your brains aren't fully developed yet, so you're both likely to fuck up at that point.

I did a post grad diploma on issues like Fetal alcohol syndrome, autism, adhd, addiction and maladaptive developmental environments. Started a masters on the protective factors the help people avoid recidivism leaving prison but never finished as I changed countries during that time. In my new country I worked with youths at a youth protection foundation and then moved into schools working as a special needs teacher for students with learning difficulties in a regular school environment.

So I didn't need my masters in the end.

What you really really need to do is stop assuming you know everything when you are relying upon your own anecdotes and go out and get some experience.

Any learning difficulty that disrupts a learning environment MUST be addressed

Sounds like insecurity getting the best of you.

They changed how to hide photos on an iPhone in a previous update, I’ve only recently learned how to do it. Click on picture/open the picture, tap the three dots in the top right corner, go three down on the Dropbox and click hide. :)

I recognize this is unnecessarily harsh, but as one who’s always struggled with even getting into relationships, it will never not piss me off watching the way luckier guys take them for granted and spike the bag into the ground so hard it gets stuck there.

The massive fuckup here is being so unbelievably horny that you can’t go without photos for three days. People are saying “this is what horny guy brain does,” but it really isn’t. I have experienced horny guy brain. If it is, please seek therapy. Only an extremely immature (or young) guy would pass this many “I know I shouldn’t do this but” checks in his head over a couple of nudes. Assuming the story is true the way you tell it. Imagine causing a major problem in your relationship that leads to both of you crying over what is basically nothing (these photos aren’t public or anything) because you can’t keep your dick in your pants for five minutes. Making your girlfriend watch you pick photos of her so that you don’t have to jack off with porn, or god forbid your imagination alone, on rare days in the future. If this does spell the beginning of the end of it, do me a favor and don’t be such a fucking idiot when you luck into another one

Some things should not be shared with ANYBODY. imho

I hope cause then they’re dumb adults

lol! You forgot a passive-aggressive, snarky comment.

And busy people who will only read things if they sound worth reading. Believe it or not, your post qualifies as quite short. That is rarely the case.

TL:DR: "I took a shower with my partner and they pointed out scars that I am self-conscious about."

this imo. to him, they make you uniquely you

Funny! I’m two classes short of that exact degree, and autism has not been discussed. Is that in abnormal psych? Let me know.

In fact, to work in a medical manner with autistic children requires a master’s degree. Even then, short of a brilliant neuropsychologist I work with, none of them really understand autism aside from its basic ideas, which you don’t even seem to grasp since you think vocal outbursts are always considered maladaptive behavior. To anyone like me who knows what they’re talking about, you sound ridiculous.

Please continue. I’m really entertained now. I want to hear about how this child’s vocal stereotypy is more dangerous than his physical harm of others. That makes no sense and they don’t relate to the other aside from motivation, at best. But I’m happy to hear what you have to say.

He was trying and failing to meet your dark humor. Try to cut him some slack