Do you check your partner's messages or text messages on their cell phone?
@lusciousrican20 (238)
United States
    July 30, 2007 7:50am CST
                         
            Trust is a big issue couples have among their partners. However, I believe without trust their is no healthy relationship. My question today is did you ever check your partner's messages or text messages on their cell phone? If so, why? Did you ever ended up finding something out about them? Did you feel guilty about it and did your partner know?
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         @baby12345 (57)
 • China
                    31 Jul 07
                    no ,i don't want to check their messages ,because it's violated their privacy.
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                     @chertsy (3797)
 • United States
                    31 Jul 07
                    Yes, I check my husband's and he checks mine. Sometimes it's a pain to check his, because he's to lazy to do it himself. He checks mine when I can't do it at the moment. Only thing I have learned is that his job wants him to do this or that. Lately, only thing on my voicemail is from mortage companies wanting me to call them back.
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                     @buzzmonster (250)
 • Australia
                    31 Jul 07
                    Um....not on purpose...just when the message comes, they're busy, so i check and read it out to them :)
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                     @rinkub (231)
 • India
                    31 Jul 07
                    Unfortunately I did. I'm someone not very concerned with others' activities including my husband's. But something had happened which shook my faith a little. Then, only in the last few months, I checked his mails, very, very unlike me and what I found was not very pleasant. I feel what happened should not have happened. Anyway, in my opnion, there should be absolute transparency between husband and wife. I'm not talking of partners but of married couples. If one of the spouses is unwilling to do so then there is a serious problem. Transparency should be voluntary not forced upon.
It was not pleasant, I agree, but that is where your integrity as a husband or wife comes in. Not to do something that will affect your spouse. If one does then it becomes like a vicious circle forcing the other to indulge in breaches of privacy. Neither is good or comfortable.
So for the sake of your relationship, come clean.
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                     @floribelle80 (1)
 • Philippines
                    31 Jul 07
                    yes,but i only do it sometimes when he shares me about a text that makes him happy,angry,annoy..whatever.everytime he shows it to me i borrow his phone and check all the messages, phonebook and pictures...
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                     @Marie2473 (8512)
 • Sweden
                    31 Jul 07
                    i used to do this when I was younger and with teh guy i was with at the time and he did the same with me. This relationship was not healthy for a secound and I was very insecure, however it turned out that I was right all along.
With my current bf - or actually hes also an ex since a week back i never used to do this. I trusted him 110%
                     @venshida (4836)
 • United States
                    31 Jul 07
                    No, I want my relationship to be build on trust. I don't want him invading my privacy, and I wont invade his. I also believe if you go looking for something you are going to find something. 
                     @daveisdavid (878)
 • Singapore
                    31 Jul 07
                    I wouldn't check my partner's messages because I trust my partner. I hope my partner would do the same thing to me too.
                     @yammydudes (865)
 • Philippines
                    31 Jul 07
                    My husband and I are open w/ each, we open each other's cellphone and emails. It's not that we check or suspicious but we just do not keep secrets from each other
                     @zzxxhh2008 (9)
 • China
                    31 Jul 07
                    I don't do that thing,Because I don't like check other's messages without their permit,absolutely ,I don't anybody check my messages in secret .In my opinion,this is a guilty action ,if sb did that thing who just like a thief.
                     @chen463344628 (145)
 • China
                    31 Jul 07
                    no that is too .....
everbody should have his own time and spaces
                     @danishcanadian (28954)
 • Canada
                    31 Jul 07
                    My fiance and I trust eachother enough not to need access to eachother's cellphones, e-mail addresses or bank accounts. Tonight he needed to borrow my credit card, when a payment hadn't gone through on his yet, but he also had the money in my account before he asked to borrow my card. That is OK with me, as long as the money is there first. 
                     @kevsgirlalways (5883)
 • Malaysia
                    30 Jul 07
                    i don't really go thru his phone because i prefer him not to read my mobile phone messages. but sometimes if he looks at my phone and starts going thru my inbox, it's ok because i don't have anything to hide. he doesn't mind me looking at his mobile phone either but i just prefer not to :)
                     @bluishrose (2289)
 • Philippines
                    31 Jul 07
                    I never snoop on my partner even sometimes i get tempted. I know its not in a relationship to do that. One time i use my partner's computer and accidentally bump in the recent documents viewed and saw some pictures of girls. I was shocked and reacted right away without letting him explaining it. I felt guilty at the end because i should have not done that. But in a way it help us to become more open to each other.
                     @crazed_moma (1054)
 • United States
                    31 Jul 07
                    Yes I did and he freaked out! I was bored sitting in the car waiting for him and it rang so curiosity got the best of me..... Kinda makes me wonder what he's hiding.
                     @maricorty07 (67)
 • Philippines
                    30 Jul 07
                    Trust and respect among couples should always prevailed. If we love our partners, we will not do anything to hurt them. Each partner will have an important role to play because marriage isn't bed of roses. Temptations may arrive in our lives but it will depend on how we will handle them. You can choose to ruin your vows or preserve them. The answers are yours my friends. 
                    
                            
                        
                    










