Is "sharing location" on cell phones a thing for those in a relationship?

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who is in a new relationship. They have been friends for a long time but just started dating 2-3 months ago. One party has been cheated on in past relationships so in an effort to make them feel better, my friend offered to enable location sharing.

It seems weird to me, but I've been married for 10 years. It is a normal thing couples do now, even in new relationships?

[Anonymous]

Not normal. I share with my family since I travel a lot and want them to be aware of where I'm at if they don't hear from me. It's never been brought up by a man I'm dating and if it was, I'd be really concerned. If your friend is sharing their location, I would be afraid it wouldn't be enough for the other party, soon the other person will need more "security" like passwords to accounts and such - that won't go over well.

[Anonymous]

No way

[Anonymous]

I started sharing with my bf about 4 months in. It was more of a safety measure / logistics practicality since we went away together to another country for a few weeks (this was pre-vaccine, earlier this year). We’re early thirties. Don’t think it’s that weird, but I understand the skepticism.

[Anonymous]

I'm married and my husband/I share location. It's not a big deal and often helps to know the location of the spouse without having to ping them.

[Anonymous]

We don't, I have an iPhone, Dh has a Samsung. I feel like we could go either way if we both had an iPhone, but I don't think it should be used as a way to track to make sure no one is cheating. The trust has to be there. We would only do it it was to see how close by someone was if they were driving or something.

[Anonymous]

Not normal for us. I use an app called Glympse to send my location when I am running but that is it.

[Anonymous]

I share my location with my husband and two sisters. It’s for logistics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm married and my husband/I share location. It's not a big deal and often helps to know the location of the spouse without having to ping them.

I have shared location when in long term relationships. It’s convenient and cuts down on texting while driving, when meeting up, helps with end of work day chatting, etc.
Doing it because of trust issues feels dicey in any length relationship.

[Anonymous]

I would never: I am divorced in my 40s. I made my boyfriend at 23 return a cell phone for my birthday. I did not want to be accessible to anyone 24/7. Of course, now we are not where I am going is my privacy. No one is tracking me 24/7. No way in hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I share my location with my husband and two sisters. It’s for logistics.

+1

It’s faster and safer to check the app to see if he’s almost home than to call him while he’s driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never: I am divorced in my 40s. I made my boyfriend at 23 return a cell phone for my birthday. I did not want to be accessible to anyone 24/7. Of course, now we are not where I am going is my privacy. No one is tracking me 24/7. No way in hell.

I’m one of the pp’s above who has device location sharing turned on with my husband. It’s not like we “track” each other 24/7. Honestly I think we both forget that it’s even enabled most of the time. But every once in a while, I’ll see if he’s left the office so I don’t need to bug him / text him about whether he’s left yet. The main use case for us is for travel, especially since we don’t need to be glued at the hip. I might spend an afternoon shopping in a town while he goes snorkeling, but it’s nice to know I could find him in an emergency. We don’t track and zero trust issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never: I am divorced in my 40s. I made my boyfriend at 23 return a cell phone for my birthday. I did not want to be accessible to anyone 24/7. Of course, now we are not where I am going is my privacy. No one is tracking me 24/7. No way in hell.

I’m one of the pp’s above who has device location sharing turned on with my husband. It’s not like we “track” each other 24/7. Honestly I think we both forget that it’s even enabled most of the time. But every once in a while, I’ll see if he’s left the office so I don’t need to bug him / text him about whether he’s left yet. The main use case for us is for travel, especially since we don’t need to be glued at the hip. I might spend an afternoon shopping in a town while he goes snorkeling, but it’s nice to know I could find him in an emergency. We don’t track and zero trust issues.

I would never allow anyone to have that kind of ability to find me at any time. This society has gone way too far with this stuff. If I want to be at the grocery store, no one needs to know I am there. Especially a spouse. You know I am coming home. That is all you need to know. Having the ability to track my location is creepy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never: I am divorced in my 40s. I made my boyfriend at 23 return a cell phone for my birthday. I did not want to be accessible to anyone 24/7. Of course, now we are not where I am going is my privacy. No one is tracking me 24/7. No way in hell.

I’m one of the pp’s above who has device location sharing turned on with my husband. It’s not like we “track” each other 24/7. Honestly I think we both forget that it’s even enabled most of the time. But every once in a while, I’ll see if he’s left the office so I don’t need to bug him / text him about whether he’s left yet. The main use case for us is for travel, especially since we don’t need to be glued at the hip. I might spend an afternoon shopping in a town while he goes snorkeling, but it’s nice to know I could find him in an emergency. We don’t track and zero trust issues.

That is weird. Why do you need to know if he has left the office? People did not used to have cell phones. They were better off.

[Anonymous]

DH and I do not share location, and we’ve been married 16 years. We just don’t see the need...I don’t have any problem with DH knowing my location most times, but it would seem a bit creepy TBH.

If someone is cheating, wouldn’t they just leave the phone elsewhere so as not to be caught? (Knowing location sharing was turned on) Or buy a 2nd phone to use with the “girlfriend”? 🤷‍♀️ Seems that would be easy to do. Just saying!