Passwords sharing with your significant other/spouse?

@hexebella (1136)
Philippines
March 11, 2011 11:04am CST
Would you share your email or social networking sites passwords to your significant other/spouse? For me, I wouldn't....its' not because I am hiding something......I believe that even spouses need to have a certain level of individual privacy and one of them are these passwords we use in the web. What about you? Would you share it or not?
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11 responses
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
12 Mar 11
Hi hexabella, If you trust someone with your life then I think password is very small thing to share. Even though I am not married nor I am in relationship but if my net behavior is creating any doubt in mind of my beloved I would definitely share it with her. Just to tell her that ok look what I have been doing and I trust her enough that she wont look in my official mail or mails from my sister or brother or close male friends. But even if she wish to check them it is ok with me. So yes I would share if I feel my behaviour on net is causing a problem in my relationship or if my girl is feeling jealous or thinking negative about my net friends or real friends and if she feels keeping check on my activity can feel her better .
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
12 Mar 11
Hi agrim! That was really cool.....but for me, I would like to keep some part of my world private...not because I am hiding something.....but there are things that I don't intend to share especially for things that he doesn't have anything to do with it... Thanks for responding and happy myLotting!
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
13 Mar 11
Hi Hexabella, would you still keep your password secret if it makes a dent in your relationship or brings it to point of break?
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
13 Mar 11
Hi agrim! Yes, I will, I need my partner to respect my privacy as I do with his.
@dreamy1 (3811)
• United States
11 Mar 11
I have given my email password to my boyfriend he has since forgot. I have nothing to hide and what I did I already moved to another account . He has a problem with trusting me which is totally unwarranted so I wanted to show him I don't have anything to hide. I have so many emails that he got tired of going through all of them anyway. I don't care if he looks at my emails because there's nothing in them that is bad.
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
11 Mar 11
Hi dreamy1! LOL! that was really clever to do! In my case, i would like to keep my email ID hence I don't want to create a new one. I told him that it is my privacy and it was created many years back before he came to my life, so far he did not insist. He has given me his, but I never opened his account. Thanks for responding and happy myLotting!
@dreamy1 (3811)
• United States
11 Mar 11
Everyone needs some privacy even in relationships where you share most everything we all need some things that only we know.
• China
19 Mar 11
Yes i do share my email and password with my room mate who is my best friends. Still i am a single so don't have spouse. But i do share all my passwords with her. I do share my bank details also with her. She also share with me her password and other secretes with me. Good day!
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
9 Jul 11
Oh my! I missed this out! Apologies for so delayed reply....I overlooked your comment dreamsharmin...... you must be very close with your friend that you share very confidential private information. I met some people who easily trust me and share their passwords with me, they even ask me to open their email accounts and advise them if there are improtant correspondence....but in my case i can not...i don;t know, I just value my privacy.... Thanks for sharing....
@rameshchow (4426)
• India
6 Jul 11
Password is a secret number. According to me it is not correct to share our passwords with anyone including with our close ones too. Because it is fully financial and personal matter. Of course, in critical cases, it is must to tell to our spouse or to our business partner. But coming to our email ids or any bank accounts, how can we explore them.
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
9 Jul 11
Hi Ramesh! Passwords are very confidential and private matters that I would not share even with my significant other....spouses/couples should respect each other's privacy....but I also agree with you that in case of emergency or in a case to case basis we could share it then afterwards, change the password again to keep the privacy. Cheers!
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
20 Mar 11
I don't, I think he deserves privacy (but only in that). I think it's nice to have like this little room for our own and wouldn't share passwords.
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
20 Mar 11
You're right Katie, it is indeed good to have space that you can call your own where you can freely move and do as you please. Thanks for commenting. Cheers!
12 Mar 11
Me and my boyfriend are together for more than 5 years. I didn't tell him any of my passwords, not because I am hiding something from him but I just want privacy too. I want him to respect me as an individual person and I am glad that it's okay for him. He voluntary told me his passwords in his accounts but he didn't ask me mine and he told me that it's okay if I don't give it. He just said that he trusts me so, I am just happy.
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
13 Mar 11
Hi mogulCherubim! That's good to hear that both of you trust each other and this passwords thing is not a big deal. Not all couple has this kind of trust to each other. Cheers! and thanks for your comment.
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
11 Mar 11
I think... personal email or other sites to login to isnt a big deal aslong as it isnt jeopardizing someone else's privacy or breaking the rules of said site. I'd never give out a work password...a password to a site with health info or even banking information unless its a shared account. Email...facebook...sharing it is showing you have nothing to hide.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
11 Mar 11
We don't share but he knows the password that I would use and I use the password that he uses hehe.
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
11 Mar 11
Hello mermaidivy! That's fine if both parties respect each other's privacy, that wouldn't be a problem. Actually he has given me his password but in respect I don't open his account. Thanks for responding and happy mylotiing!
@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
11 Mar 11
No, I wouldn't share it. I wouldn't want to know either.
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
12 Mar 11
I have the same stand with you Lore...I didn't ask for my boyfriend's password but he has given me voluntarily....in respect, I don't open his account. Thanks for responding and happy myLotting!
• Philippines
12 Mar 11
I share my email password to him only because I sometime asks favors to him to check my internet mail while I'm at the office (cause can't do that using our office PC).. And that's about it, I trust him not to snoop around and look at my email without me knowing. He also knows my facebook password because he don't have his own account so he checks mine whenever a friend posts pictures from an outing or a trip.. I keep telling him to get his own account but he just doesn't want to. Hehehe.
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
13 Mar 11
Hi Ingkingderders! That's cool.....both of you respects each other's privacy then everything would be fine. Keep it up guys! Cheers and happy myLotting!
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
11 Mar 11
hello hexebella, My daughter knows almost all my password from yahoo messenger,my emails,my facebook and other social sites. I don't worry about it,it's fine with me,i even asks her sometimes to open my email and read any important mails and let her reply or send any files or notes needed. have a great weekend
@hexebella (1136)
• Philippines
11 Mar 11
Hi jaiho2009! I believe with mother and daughter there wouldn't be a problem. Actually my brother and I take care of our mom's email and FB accounts. Unfortunately I am in this part of the globe where Saturday is the first day of the week, i just finished my weekend :( You enjoy yours! Cheers!