Would you plant a spy-cam in your house to spy on your boyfriend or husband?

United States
August 12, 2007 11:33am CST
On the show Cheaters, people are always planting secret spy-cams in their homes to catch cheating spouses in the act. Of course all of the people they show are completely guilty. And, while it does produce some rather entertaining results for television, I can imagine that the real life deed of spying on your spouse would prove disastrous. So, I was wondering, do normal people (not deranged by insane jealousy) actually plant spy-cams or hidden video cameras in their home to spy on loved ones? Sure I could understand the idea of spying on one's nanny or service workers in the home. But, spying on your own spouse? What if they aren't guilty of anything and they find your camera? Wouldn't they be more likely to leave? And, even if they didn't leave, wouldn't their feelings be hurt?
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
12 Aug 07
I can't imagine spying on my husband like that. I wouldn't have married him if I didn't trust him. I'd really rather just believe that he's faithful and trust him than go around worrying about it all the time. I've never understood people who spent all their time worrying about whether their spouse is faithful. Either they are or they aren't, and nothing you can do is going to influence it either way. I think if you really have that much mistrust, either there is something wrong with you mentally, or you really shouldn't be with the person you are with.
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@Daelin (683)
• Brazil
12 Aug 07
If I was to do that I had to be suspicious of something already, and if I were suspicious I would try to confront my husband or boyfriend before. If I planted a spy cam and if I saw something I would have to say to the person what I have seen. I would be ashamed of confessing what I have done, even if he was the wrongful person.
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@carlaabt (3504)
• United States
12 Aug 07
There is no way that I would plant a spy-camera to spy on my husband. I trust my husband, and if I felt like there was a reason that I shouldn't trust him, I would confront him about it. He's a terrible liar, so he wouldn't be able to deny it if it was true. Besides, planting a spy-cam in our house would be pointless. He is very rarely home alone. He goes with my son and I when we go anywhere for the most part, besides just for walks sometimes when he's asleep (he works nights).
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• United States
12 Aug 07
I wouldn't spy on a boyfriend, but I would on my husband. I would only do it to get the evidence for the divorce. In other words I am leaving him no matter what so if there isn't anything or he finds the camera it won't matter because I am leaving him.
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• United States
13 Aug 07
um no way. If it gets to that point then that's no relationship at all. It's already on the rocks or over with. I believe in honestly, loyalty, trust, etc, etc and to plant spy cams in there is so against all that... It seems so base and trashy too. I'd question him before it ever got to that point and ask for the truth. I don't believe in spying on people at all anyways... boyfriends, family, friends, babysitters. If you don't trust them so much that youre putting a camera in there to invade their privacy then either dont date them or dont hire them. Simple as that. I think the spy cam satisfied some strange twisted voyeur streak in people and thats why they really do it.
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@eden32 (3973)
• United States
12 Aug 07
If I was that convinced my partner was cheating, I'd say my relationship was pretty much gone already. If you can't trust your partner, then really it's not much of a relationship. And if my partner ever planted a camera to try to catch me doing something wrong, I'd leave him immediately. It's a violation of your privacy & if my word/commitment isn't good enough for him, to h*ll with him!
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12 Aug 07
I agree... if you have reason to believe someone's cheating on you already, then it's probably not the best relationship.
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@emarie (5442)
• United States
12 Aug 07
i love that show when i'm able to find it. but i'll only do that if i have logical reasons to. since i'm the one home all day and he's hardly by himself at home, i'd basically be spying on myself..lol but if i feel threated or something like that, i'll probably place a hidden camera.
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
12 Aug 07
No--- If I thought he was cheating I'd ask- I cant imagine hiding a camera- I imagine there are people that do this though- I have watched that show a couple of times and it is funny of course not for either party involved but funny to watch!
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
17 Aug 07
I wouldn't so much want to spy on my spouse at home as i would i work. i often wonder what kind of guy he is at work. hes been at his job 6 years and i only know the name of one guy he works with and his boss. he tells me how guys at work complain about their wives, i wonder if he complains right along with them.
• Kottayam, India
13 Aug 07
Let them have their privacy.Camera is not the solution, if you cannot satisfy your b/f or husband, they will go somewhere else.so love them and keep encouraged they will fall on your feet.
@babostwick (2036)
• United States
12 Aug 07
I have never seen that show in the 1st place. If I had someone who was always worried that I was cheating on someone when I wasn't, I don't know if I'd want to keep the relationship going. To me, it wouldn't be worth it. As a guy, I know I can speak for myself and say I'd be hurt about that. I wouldn't because I would like to believe I can trust my girlfriend. I would hope not to have that happen to me at all. It can cause problems, as far as how much, couldn't tell you for sure.
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@gesell03 (173)
• Philippines
13 Aug 07
no i wouldnt even dare do that. im not that paranoid and if i feel that he no longer loves me,i would be the first to confront him and tell him its no longer working and that i think we should move on, that is what i think must be done.
@kezz27 (27)
12 Aug 07
Without Trust there is no love, with ou tlove there is no relationship so if I was that convinced that my Husband was cheating on me I would confront him and probably end the relationship as there is no point in being miserable and making him miserable too.....
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• India
23 Jul 13
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• United States
13 Aug 07
no, I would not do that. There are a few reasons why I would not do it. First, trust us very important to me. If you can't trust him why be with him? I never quite understood that. Plus you know whatthey say seek and ye shall find. Sometimes I think you might open yourself up for hurt. If you think that your partner is cheating you should confront the situation head on, you know before hand if you are a person that wants to work it out or if you are one that walks away. Communication is always important to, I think a relationship that would call for such action is lacking in a lot of areas and really needs reflection on whether or not they are in the right relationship.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
13 Aug 07
No, I dont think that I ever could, I would feel more guilty than anyone for not trusting..Which I do trust 100% ,it would never even cross my mind to do so.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
13 Aug 07
I do not think that people in general do this but i think people who have a feeling or they are seeing signs of cheating are the ones doing this.I knew my husband was cheating ,I felt it in my heart..I ended up leaving him but no, i did not have to put up any camera,i think you just natually know by your feelings.I found out later i was right.As for your question yes normal people do this,I know of two right off hand that did this.One of my friends got caught when her husband tapped into the phone line and over heard her conversation...They ended up divorced but not because of that,she was unhappy to began with and she got herself a boyfriend...I know of another that put some kind of device into his bedroom and caught his wife and lover making love for 2 hours and heard all that they said,but later he wished he had not done it at all because he was very hurt.His wife had already started the affair a year earlier and he was feeling what she was doing...I think these people already know and what they are looking for is PROOF! some people want PROOF so they can justify the breakup...I know when my husband was doing this ,I just went by my gut feeling,and later questioned myself rather i was really justified in leaving him,but it laid my fears at rest when later i found out that my feelings were right...
@nigtvamp (102)
• United States
13 Aug 07
If I had the feeling he was cheating, I would first confront him about it, give hi mthe chance to be honest with me so that maybe, just maybe, we might be able to work out whatever issues caused this. If he denied it and I still had a feeling, like he was lying to me, I think first I would have a friend follow him around. If that yeilded nothing, I would probbly consider a hidden camera. Yes, it would be about the proof for me. Then I could sit down with him, show it to be and be like, "I gave you the chance to be honest with me. You didn't. You have violated my trust on multiple levels, so now it's over."
@shorty08322 (1270)
• United States
12 Aug 07
yea i would
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
13 Aug 07
well for me.it's alright as long as you will not be caught for spying. i guess if you have doubrs and some suspiscious behavior that is only answerable by a good evidence i think a spy cam is rational to be used. in the worldtoday where evidence and proof are the real basis of truth and false, i spy cam is the best stealth to gather this information. hey it's just okay to doubt and try to spy your spouse because it's not the conscience what matter. it's the proof what you need most to quiet your hesitations.