Do you alllow your girlfriend or boyfriend to check messages in your handphone?

@yenwie84 (1344)
Malaysia
July 10, 2008 10:30am CST
I don't allow my boyfriend to do that. I need my own privacy. It's true if both of you love each other very much,your love should be transparent between each other. But I still think there should be some privacy between a couple. Each one of the couple should need to have their own friends. I think is not necessary to let your girlfriend or boyfriend to check you all the time. If there is trust between each other, I think there should be mutual understanding. Do you agree with me? Feel free to tell me more about this scenario.Thanks.
30 responses
11 Jul 08
Hi, Me and my girlfriend check each others mobile. We both have nothing to hide. If i dont let her check my phone she thinks i am doing something with other women.
11 Jul 08
That doesn't prove anything.You can clear your mobile before that.
@walkthetalk (1307)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I dont look at my husbands fone and he doesnt look at mine. Although he probably would really like to. I have no desire. I give him that privacy.I think I should have the same. I have guy friends at work I know he wouldnt aprove of because he is so jelious. So txting is the only way we talk. But I do nothing wrong, but he wouldnt believe me. He has no trust in me. I agree. We all need our own privacy.
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
it is between a matter of trust and transparency... for me i would go to the later... that being transparent to my partner means that i have no hidden feelings to her and i am serious in our relationship... it is just i am showing my real love and affection and giving importance for the relationship that we have... giving her the access from my pesonal thing means that she mean a lot to me... and will not create some kinky thoughts in her mind... and will develop the trust in her everytime i am not around... on the other hand, if my love only trust me and will not intervene in my personal things makes me think that she's not serious in our relationship... that is not affected whatever i want to do... and maybe this kind of relationship will not go far long... and will jsut give me a hint... because, for me... if you really love the person... you should give your entire possession to her... for her to know you inside out and will not be trashed in the future...
@Elixiress (3878)
11 Jul 08
Yeah I do, because I have nothing to hide. I sometimes show him my messages if there was something entertaining etc. But if my boyfriend wanted to constantly check my messages then quiz me on what was in them that would be too far and show a lack of trust. My boyfriend is not as open with his phone, but he says that it stems from a younger age, he has always thought his phone was private, but if I directly said that I wanted to check his messages then I am sure he would allow me, since if his phone goes off and I am in the room but he is not, he is fine with me answering it or opening his text and just shouting through the house to him what the person is wanting.
@Kemboi (341)
• Eldoret, Kenya
11 Jul 08
What matters is the trust. Checking one anothers messages is primitiveness, Me I don't check message unless she ask me to read messages in her cellphone. Not only messages even her account I don't ask her to help me some token. She has never invited me for lunch but I invite her. So the issue of reading messages is not a big deal
@yuan2008 (10)
11 Jul 08
My wife has never check my message,so do i. what i want to say is"MUTUAL TRUST" and "RESPECT" between a couple.I've never quarreled with my wife even we married three years ago. By the way,she never stop the my privacy,even have a dinner with a gilr.everyone should have a ruler in their mind.
• Malaysia
11 Jul 08
I don't mind my boy friend check my messages in my handphone, so as him. Sometimes we will be busy doing certain work until not free to do the work, I will ask my boy friend to check for me, so as him. That's true that there's own privacy. But in this case, I think it's ok. If I'm not allowed to know friends, like guys friend, I think that will only saying block my privacy for me.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
I don't mind should my husband check my cellphone coz I have nothing to hide anyway, however, never did my husband do that and neither do I also do that with his cellphone. We have complete trust with each other and we have enough respect to each other's privacy.
@anndocs (249)
11 Jul 08
We are not into habit of checking our CP every time. But I allow him to check mine, and him also, there's no problem about it, I'm not hiding anything from him though, in fact I got most number of message from him!-Ofcourse he doesn't want to read it over agaih LOL:) If we are both home our CP are usually put on the same place, if I have message or him has, we do not open it immediately I will call him or him call me to read it first as respect, and we are not talking about it if doesn't concern us or not problem either. Thanks and good day!
• Australia
11 Jul 08
I let my husband check anything he wants to at any time. I have nothing what so ever to hide from him and he does the same for me.
• China
11 Jul 08
I allow my girlfriend to check my cellphone because I trust her. I don't think there is big privacy or secret . my allowing is based upon our trusting each other .If she one day don't trust me any longer ,and wants to check my phone to get some so-called "evidence ",I would not let her touch my cellphone anymore. after all,trusting is interactive
@aimseeker (112)
• Pakistan
11 Jul 08
nah not at all...everyone should remain in limits.... my cellphone got some privacy so its not like that ...anyone just comes and check it....
@liulin (68)
• China
11 Jul 08
I can not agree with you more.Everyone has their own privacy that they don't want to share with others.you should respect your boyfriend's privacy, your boyfriend should respect it to you too.
• Romania
11 Jul 08
I agree with you, because i find trust a very important part of a relationship. But if my boyfriend starts looking threw my messages on my hand phone, out of curiosity or just because he wants to, i let him just to show him that i have nothing to hide from him. Of course, I also tell him that i would like him to trust me instead looking into my mobile phone, and if he loves me he will stop doing it.
• United States
11 Jul 08
honestly my boyfriend is quite like you he believes in privacy,so he doesnt even look at my cellphone to check numbers. but if he wanted to then i wouldnt mine becuase i have nothing to hide from him.
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Yes indeed. She has a 100% allowed to check my mail, messages on my phone. Because i dont have to be afraid of because im honest to her...
• United States
10 Jul 08
If I had a boyfriend, I wouldn't mind letting him check my messages. I would get annoyed only if he starts asking questions about it; like he doesn't trust me or something. Then again, I wouldn't like it if they asked to see my phone everyday either. So I guess there's a line between acceptable and not acceptable in this topic. Haha.
• United States
11 Jul 08
Well currently I have no girlfriend and If I did I have nothing to hide, but I agree that I would prefer to have my privacy.
@amanda08 (647)
• United States
11 Jul 08
i think that you both need a lil privacy... i dont think you should be checking each others phone messages unless asked..
• China
11 Jul 08
Well, I agree with you.In my opinion,everyone should have his(her) own privacy.People don't need to tell everything to his(her) lover.There should be trust between lovers.My girlfriend always like to check my cellphone. Though she is not suspicious of me,I still feel unconformable.