Are you willing to share your phone to your boyfriend/girlfriend?

@markmoney (2868)
Philippines
March 17, 2010 9:16am CST
Do you think your mobile phone is a personal thing that only you is allowed to use it? Or do you think that your boyfriend/girlfriend has the right to see the contents of your mobile phone? For me, I don't have a problem if my girlfriend wanted to borrow my phone and look on the contents of it. I am not hiding anything to my girlfriend that's why I'm very confident to share it with her. Do you check your boyfriend/girlfriend's phone or not just because you are trusting him/her so much? I would be glad to hear your thoughts about this. Have a nice day! Happy myLotting!
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32 responses
@khalida (1126)
• India
17 Mar 10
hey markmonkey! that is really nice to hear that u don't hide anything from ur girlfriend! ;) girls love that! anyway coming back to the topic i don't think there should be any secrets between a couple:)only people who think they're doing something wrong would hide stuff!!
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
17 Mar 10
Hi khalida! Yes, I'm sharing my phone to my girlfriend, coz she is the only one for me and I'm really not hiding anything from her. Yes, there should be no secrets between couple between they can be considered as one. They should know everything about their partners. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@ada8may21 (2405)
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
That's really so much true khalida, lucky girl she dont have headache with markmoney. As for me yes i am willing to exchange my phone with my boyfriend no hesitations with open arms. Just like you markmoney I am also confident that I am not hiding anything from my boyfriend so he could text all the sent items and text messages no worries. I even allow him to answer a call or reply to a text I really dont mind as long as he need to introduce himself properly.
• China
18 Mar 10
trust is the basis of love.
• China
18 Mar 10
I couldn't agree more!
@khaezi (1001)
• Philippines
17 Mar 10
I've been sharing my phone with my boyfriend ever since. We've been checking each others calls and text messages and for me there's is no problem with that as long as your not hiding anything as you've said..we survived a happy six years =)
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
19 Mar 10
Hi khaezi! Yes, sharing of phones just only means that we are not hiding anything to our partners and we are loving them faithfully. Congrats on your relationship for keeping it intact for six years, hoping that it will be push to marriage soon. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
17 Mar 10
Yes I'm completely willing to share my phone with my girlfriend. I have nothing to hide on there and I have no problem with letting her use it. She lets me use her phone all the time but hers is an Iphone and mines a standard so I'm not sure why she would want to downgrade to use my phone but if she did I would let her. Lol I use her Iphone a lot to access the internet I think it's pretty awesome that they have that feature.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
17 Mar 10
Hi jambi! Yes, as long as we are not hiding anything from our girlfriend, then there's no reason for us not to share our phone to our girlfriends. Sharing phones with your partner is really a good thing. It can avoid having a third party and it gives more assurance to your relationship. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@cloud31 (5809)
17 Mar 10
This is all about manners,professionally I will not check my partners mobile phone,but if he had the consent to let me have it for a check to make sure things are going well, I would personally do the checking infront of him..And I think this is not my fault he allow me to do so, im just being obedient..Well trust is not an instant actions or feeling, it has to be earn..You want somebody's trust be transparent of all aspect of your relationship.There's nothing to feel guilt if you done nothing to hurt your dwellings. Happy myLotting Mark Nice topic..
@cloud31 (5809)
17 Mar 10
By the way I forgot to mentioned about if I can let him check or use my mobile phone, I'm happy to lend it to him ,his free to use, to browse and to have it if he likes he can even have it for remembrance,,Nothing to hide and nothing to worry as I have my handset password he will no chance to open up!Kidding Mark! Happy myLotting!
@newtalent (1112)
• United States
17 Mar 10
I don't mind sharing phones. If I have to hide something then I don't need to be with you. Now If I am planning something ( a surprise for instance), of course I do not want you to know , would get mad if I do not tell? See it can bite you too by sharing phones. So I would say it would depend on the situation and can the other person handle not knowing and not being apprised of everything that is going on that is or may be out of the ordinary? It is an instinct call and too much thinking can cause distress in a relationship. Overall I do not care.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
19 Mar 10
Hi! Well, yah I agree that we can share our phones with our partners but not all the time. Coz just like on your example, we cannot share him/her our phone because we are planning a surprise for him/her. But actually I'm sure our partners will not check our phone like everyday, coz it will appear as lack of trust. Well, the only point is we are willing to share our phones since we are faithful to our partners. Thank you for your response. Happy myLotting!
@bjcyrix (6901)
• Philippines
19 Mar 10
I do think my cellphone is my personal property. Like most of my stuff though, Im not easy to share things with just anybody else. I would appreciate it if they asked for my permission that they were going to use it or borrow something from me before actually taking it. But there are also those people who are very close to me and I trust that I dont mind if they would look through my things. Im not in a relationship so I dont have to worry about anybody snooping through my stuff just to satisfy their curiosity. If ever I do have someone like that, I would just let them use my phone without my permission. I would also appreciate it if they tell me that they did use it, just for the sake of knowing.^_^
@daliaj (5674)
• India
19 Mar 10
I don't have any secrets stored in the phone. My husband can take it whenever he wants. He is a person who respects other's personal space and he won't attempt to go through my phone. If I am bored, I go through his phone and ask his some questions. He is fine with that. He also don't take an effort to look at my emails, even if he sits next to me when I open my email.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
18 Mar 10
Well, i and my boyfriend always sharing mobile phone when we are together. We feel that, it's nothing to hide since we are not seeing another person. He used my mobile phone to listen music, while i used his mobile phone to play games. So, we feel it's nothing wrong to share mobile phone with each others. We are trusting each other a lot, so no harm to share mobile phone with each other. Now, we had built our relationship to the final stage and very happy about it.
@krisnel (498)
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
when my boyfriend is here, he shares his cellphone to me and i share also my cellphone to him. i cant see any problem in sharing cellphone to your partner.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Mar 10
As far as I am concerned, I think I usually share my phone with my girl friend. For her cell phone is often out of service . I can not near her for this reason. So I need to try to make her phone always online,and share my cell phone with her, too.
@Gany15k (1673)
• India
18 Mar 10
Yes I share my phone..no problem in that.But if a person have faith over his/her then he should share the mobile phone.And if that person has the faith then he should not check even boyfriend/girlfriend shows the mobile.Only people who hides something won't share.I don't have anything to hide so no problem for me.
@scja16 (322)
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
Before we dont usually share and let each other see our personal mobile phone. But of course there are argument and doubts since we dont tend to let each other's phone. But now as my relationhip with her grew stronger, we have decided to let each other see what inside my phone or who ever texted me. I think this will build trust to each other and it wont let your partner think of something that you are hiding things from her/him. God bless Happy mylotting.
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
For me, there's no problem if my partner borrows my phone if he needs to use it for communication. I don't care also if he becomes curious with its contents coz I've nothing to hide. But it will annoy me if he gets and reads the messages everytime it rings. That will make me think that he's into something with my phone.
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
Is she your girlfriend already? kayo na ba? About the topic, if there is trust and you are not hiding anything, it is okay to use my phone. it is okay if he check the contents even the pictures and phone numbers but not to the extent that he will reply to text messages and also answers the calls. I am not okay with that. If he do that, that is invading my privacy already. If I allow him to answer my phone, like he is holding my phone why I am busy with other things and I can't answer, he can do the answering the calls for me but when i am there attentively. But it is more okay if my future boyfriend will not check on my phone. For me it is not needed to check on someone's phone.
@tonyllenium (6252)
• Italy
17 Mar 10
mmh i think the phone is a personal object and so it should be private even if this is related to a boyfriend/girlfriend too!!So normally i am the only one person checking on my phone and no others people will do it!!
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
For me it depends!!lol But most of the time i am willing to share my phone to my boyfriend. But sometimes, i am unwilling to do it so because sometimes it annoys me. Whenever a friend send me a message inviting me for a dinner or something. He asks a lot of questions.
@jd107nette (1454)
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
For me, my boyfriend and i don't really ask for the contents or for the phone. we trust each other so much and when we receive a message we would even let each other look at it and would even read it out loud. :)
• India
17 Mar 10
I am willing to share it as long as he or anyone asks for it before using it. I have seen some people have the habit to start reading through my messages without asking me. I don't mind sharing my phone or for that matter other stuff with my boyfriend or even friends as long as they show they respect my privacy and at least consider the fact that i may not want to share my things with them. Its the most irritating thing when the other person just assumes i don't mind if they see the contents of my phone. So it depends, if he just assumes its OK to use my phone, i might not let him even when i have nothing to hide.. But if he asks me i will let him use it.
@zolita (4)
• China
18 Mar 10
I think its none of my business that he has his own life.Everyone has his own secret that don't want anyone to touch,although we're so closed friends,i'd like to live at ease,and never have the idea to check his phone,and so does he.I think this is why we can get on so well,'cause we have the same thought about things.