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Hello ladies- I'm in need of some real advice, because I'm confused. I have been dating this older man (49) for 4 months. I lost my job and couldn't afford my rent so after 3 months of dating he moved me in his place until I find a job and save money to get my own place again. Well I recently have been checking his iphone just for the hell of it. I knew his PW because he would unlock his phone right in front of me. One night while he was sleeping I went through it, just for conformation that hes being faithful, mind you i have never found anything bad. Well I accidentally dialed someones number (damn tough screen) and I tried to erase it and the phone froze on "Clear all recent calls". I freaked out and couldn't fix it, I didn't even know how to turn it off. I have no idea how to work those things. NOW I notice he has changed his PW and NOW I am freaking out. I now this sounds a lil nuts but having that lil conformation was nice, now I feel like there's something going on. Is this a crazy thing I am doing? A crazy feeling for no reason? He never mentioned me going through his phone he just reset the PW. Should I let this one go? I always said if I caught his being unfaithful I'd leave him.....now how will I ever know?



The only one who can't be trusted here is you. Going through his phone and talking about it like it's alright? It doesn't sound like he does anything suspicious but just that you're being paranoid. Why don't you talk to him about it instead of all the unnecessary drama? Oh and while you're at it, grow up.

Some people just like privacy. I went through my now husbands phone when we started dating, because at that point he wasn't ready to settle down. Found texts from a girl flirting with him, but he told her he wasn't interested in her doing that because he was dating someone he really liked. The fact that he said that when he didn't even know I was going to look, meant a lot to me. The fact that when you looked, and you didn't find anything, should mean a lot to you as well.

My husband had no problem giving me his passwords and stuff, telling me to log him in certain places and all that. Whereas I just would prefer to do it myself. I prefer privacy. It's not that I'm hiding stuff, it's just how I am. He knows my passwords too, but I doubt he does anything with them.

I don't think you should worry too much about your guy, he could just be how I am. If he was cheating on you, why would he have you move in? To me that seems like it would make cheating harder. Plus you are only 4 months into the relationship. If you want to get to the "here are all my passwords" stage of the relationship, then you should talk to him. Tell him you were just messing around his iphone because it's new to you. I was almost constantly on my husbands because it had so much to do on it. Ask him why he changed his password. Communication is key in relationships. Good luck.

You're just going to have to trust him. You shouldn't have to drive yourself crazy by constantly snooping & checking up oh him anyway. If you have no reasons not to trust him & the realtionship is healthy, you need to just trust him & not let your insecurities get in the way of that.
When someone cheats there are other signs & indicators anyway. When someone is cheated on, they figure it out sooner or later.
If you have no reason to worry that he's cheating but you continue to check up on him & be suspicious of him, you could lose a good guy. Nobody enjoys being with someone who can't trust them.

I have to agree with the above posters, it's harder to cheat when you share a living space. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it IS harder. And you seem really insecure about the whole thing. I can understand an issue in the past, having friends who have been cheated on, but honestly going through his phone in that way isn't the right way to go about it. If anything it can push the person away because they don't think that you trust them. And the way you worded it makes it sound like you almost want his phone to be a crutch for his fidelity and that's not what it should be.
"I always said if I caught his being unfaithful I'd leave him.....now how will I ever know?" There are other ways of telling if someone's unfaithful than by checking their phone. It will show in other areas of his life besides his phone, rest assured.
My advice would be to talk to him. He may like his privacy but also can feel like you violated it by going behind his back. Sometimes permission can make all the difference. If you have trust issues then voice them so at least he may know the reason behind said issues. But also, since it sounds like you do have trust issues, whatever the cause may be, work on giving him his freedom. No one wants to feel like they have to have their lives under a microscope. Everyone wants to have those few things that are their own. But trust is a big deal. If you don't trust someone you can't have a relationship with them, romantic or otherwise. And it's not comfortable being around someone who doesn't trust you.
Would you like it if he went through your phone behind your back to see if you were faithful?

My ex was cheating on me for 9 months while living in my house. He worked with the girl & would always go to her place while I was at work. She was very naive & didn't seem to think it was strange that he never had her over to "his" place. (BTW,He was living with me in the house that I own BUT he told her he owned his own house & a friend rented a room from him...ouch.) So like you said, it's harder to cheat when you live with your significant other but not impossible. My ex found a girl that made it very very easy & our different work schedules made it easy as well.

Well said: "But trust is a big deal. If you don't trust someone you can't have a relationship with them, romantic or otherwise. And it's not comfortable being around someone who doesn't trust you.
Would you like it if he went through your phone behind your back to see if you were faithful?"
Good advice.

My boyfriend and I have had our up and downs but every time his ex txts him he always tells me (they were in an 8 year long relationship and she had a kid with someone else, the kid called him daddy) I have never met her but he still tells me every time she talks to him which I like!!

Wow the above comments i thought weere a little harsh until i thought about it... I trust my guy not to cheat BUT he is very flirtatios with women , he doesnt know he is its just him but he has some HOT lady friends!! I have had a couple of bad previous relationships. Weve been going out a year and i feel we hardly talk he told me he loved me last week but only after i had saw a message when we were on fbook looking at photos it poped it, He tells this lady everything and i dont know why which upsets me as he doesnt tell me?! But i have gone through his phone and facebook only to make me more insecure xxx