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  • Humphrey10
    Humphrey10 Posts: 1,859 Forumite
    gt568 wrote: »
    She didn't have one, but suddenly does. That is odd....
    She's married to someone who sneaks around looking at her texts, calls, browsing history etc behind her back. I think having a password on her phone is quite sensible, considering the circumstances. Maybe the husband wasn't so untrustworthy in the past, and only now does she feel she needs to take such steps to protect her privacy.
  • gt568
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    No need to suddenly add one if you have nowt to hide though......
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  • This_Year
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    Macjive81 wrote: »
    Screen lock means one thing.

    SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FIND OUT AT ALL COST.

    Nope. My phone has a screen lock so if it's lost/stolen no-one else can use it. No other reason.
  • nimbo
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    gt568 wrote: »
    No need to suddenly add one if you have nowt to hide though......

    unless her friends or colleagues have been randomly face jacking each other.

    or one f them has pointed out that it is a good idea security wise....

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  • This_Year
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    gt568 wrote: »
    No need to suddenly add one if you have nowt to hide though......
    nimbo wrote: »
    unless her friends or colleagues have been randomly face jacking each other.

    or one f them has pointed out that it is a good idea security wise....

    Lost track of the times where a friend has been "fraped" etc... no bad thing to stop that happening
  • thorsoak
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    I'm starting to wonder if maybe I am being a little paranoid over nothing. I appreciate that checking her phone was a bit OTT but it's sort of put my mind at ease a bit more. I was expecting to find allsorts of things I didn't want to see but I didn't see anything much to worry about. It also saves me having to have an awkward chat with her about things. Besides, what she doesn't know won't hurt her, and for those people wittering on about how I'd feel if she checked my phone, I've caught her doing it a handful of times and it's never bothered me once. I don't have anything to hide!

    Think I'll just keep my eyes and ears open a bit longer but I'm starting to wonder if maybe she's not up to anything and I'm just over-reacting to her not being her usual self.

    Now I'm another who would be well pee-d-off if my OH had started to check up on me - not trusting me would almost be an open invitation to do something that would be questionable!!

    Suspicisions can sometimes become self-fulfilling :(

    Now I'm one of the few (these days!) who has only "known" one partner - and I was his only partner. It didn't stop us from trying different aspects of loving each other - sometimes instigated by me, sometimes by him ....we joked that we must have "done it right" at least 4 times, as we had 4 children - but apart from that - who knows????? ;-)
  • stir_crazy
    stir_crazy Posts: 1,441 Forumite
    Macjive81 wrote: »

    whatsapp

    Tagged

    POF- plenty of fish.

    Badoo

    Snapchat



    Having whatsapp or snapfish doesn't necessarily mean that someone is cheating. I use both of these apps for communicating with my friends rather than using the text service. I did try whatsapp with DH but he couldn't really see the point.

    I also thought that most people have pass codes on their phone for security reasons.
  • Fluff15
    Fluff15 Posts: 1,440 Forumite
    After four years of having an iPhone, I've only set up a passcode in the last month because the software update prompted me to do so. When I was showing my OH the new software, I told him the passcode and the reason for now having one.

    I also use snapchat to send stupid pictures to my friends, usually pictures of my food or my kittens.

    Whatsapp also comes in handy, as it uses the internet rather than a phone signal, and I can communicate with my friends who don't have an iPhone when I'm at home, as I don't have any reception in my flat.

    If my OH started saying I could be potentially cheating on him because of these things on my phone, it's his problem and not mine. It's not really a mature adult relationship if you're constantly checking up on each other.
  • benb76
    benb76 Posts: 357 Forumite
    My ex-wife had an affair. I didn't find out until after we'd split up. However, a number if things about her changed that I did notice at the time:

    Recieving more texts at all times of day/night;
    Became very protective of her phone;
    Taking a lot more care of her appearance and getting a new hair style (apparently this is a classic);
    Buying me stuff, being much nicer to me and doing more than her fair share of household chores.

    Any of this sound familiar? I think you've every reason to have your suspicions and some of the criticisms you're getting in this thread are unfair. Affairs do happen, and I think that you are in the right for wanting to get to the bottom of whatever reason it is for your wife's change in behaviour.
  • I use Snapchat and What's app but I'm not having an affair
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