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TLDR Version

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K, I know how this sounds lmao. I am getting laid off soon and pining for my ex. No lmao. I get that's how it sounds. I promise you, its not that lmao, I just got time on my hands rn, and I spent a lot of money on art I kinda want to reupload & have back in my gallery.

But that's the tldr version. Here's the longer explanation:

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Longer Version.

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Backstory: I dated someone I met through FA for a year and a half (2020-2021). He was my first boyfriend, and I loved him to death, but ultimately being with him was not right for me so I broke up with him and deleted a bunch of commissions we had together because any pictures of him put me in real agony for like a year or two afterwards (again: first breakup lol).

I paid for all but one of our commissions together, and recently I went through old FA notes, Telegram and Discord messages to assess the damage - roughly ~$540 worth of art that I basically deleted from my FA gallery over a guy I genuinely haven't thought about for years. And it's all pretty hot art too lmao!

So here's where I'm at now: I'm considering reuploading these pieces to my gallery. They're mainly couple pieces, some NSFW stuff, and a few character interactions that I honestly really liked and miss having in my collection.

Part of why I have time to even think about this is because of a major life change happening right now. As some may know, I've been a university librarian, on and off, for the past 12 years. About a month ago, my university started a hiring freeze due to budget cuts and the current political climate around higher education. Bottom line, this is my last week, as I and many others are being laid off.

(as an aside, if anyone is hiring a newbie programmer, or needs librarian help, or has leads on quality jobs in the Boston area, hit me up in my DMs! Thank you in advance UwU!)
I will ask people not speculate about my (currently) "former" employer, cuz I will be fine. I went through this with the pandemic, and I'm still here lol! I might be working odd jobs for a while, but I already got a head start on studying programming the past year, learning other new skills, and when the hiring freeze got announced, I began applying for other jobs.

Aaaaaaaaaaanyway, while applying for jobs and dealing with this transition, I've found myself with extra time on my hands. Started out looking for tax documents and what not, ended up finding all these old commissions I'd completely forgotten about lmao!

So my question is really: would y'all find it weird or annoying if I suddenly uploaded like 5-10 old pieces from 2020-2021 to my gallery with my ex? They're good quality commissions from some amazing artists, but they're also older pieces... featuring an ex. I'm *well* over the relationship now (this was 4 years ago now? I am pretty sure he has me blocked on here lmao), but don't want to spam people's feeds with a bunch of old stuff, and I don't wanna give anyone the wrong ideas here. I am mostly just pissed I spent $500 bucks on art and no one can see it. That's basically it!!!!

Also: again, if anyone in the Boston area has job offers, hit me up in my DMs. Thanks, love y'all UwU!