People are divided over a wife’s privacy question.
After the woman’s husband requested that she share her phone’s location with him, she hopped onto community forum Mumsnet to ask whether this is a “red flag” moment in her relationship.
“Do you think this is a red flag? I feel it’s an invasion of my privacy,” she wrote. “If I say no he might get upset and think I’m up to no good.”
“I just like some privacy. He says he wants to make sure I am safe and know where I am in case something happens to me,” the woman continued. “I think he is being protective in a way.”
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Her inquiry garnered mixed reactions from people who use Apple’s Find My Friends, Google Maps’ equivalent feature or other location-sharing apps — with some readers for and against sharing with a significant other.
“I’m a sharer,” one person replied. “It’s more for practical reasons. I commute, and my partner is very into fitness/running, so it’s handy to know when we’re going to be back for dinner preparation.
“I’m married, so what secrets would I have? What privacy do I need? If either of us are out with friends/family, who cares if they know? It’s like sharing your phone. Unless it’s after an argument where you’re having a moan to your best friend, there’s nothing on my phone I’d be worried about my partner seeing,” they continued.
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However, some people did consider location-sharing to be a red flag.
“It’s an odd thing to ask of an adult — very intrusive,” one commenter wrote, while another emphasized, “It’s creepy and weird. Red flag would be if you say no and he’s funny with you about it.”
Some wondered if the husband was willing to share his location too, while others validated her feelings of wanting privacy in her life.
“There’s no right or wrong as such and loads of couples take different approaches. Some share all the time because it’s useful in some way or they just like to. Others don’t,” another person added. “It really comes down to the dynamics of your relationship and, crucially, why he wants you to do it. But you’re not wrong not to want it.”
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