Location sharing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did, and then my husband's (of 25 years) kept going out, and I didn't think much of it. and didn't really ask. I mean he only really went to work, work events and back.
Well, turns out he was having an affair with a married coworker and he ended up leaving our family for her (and she left her husband).

So, now location sharing is a must in my family with my kids and any future partner.

I like how location sharing is a must of your takeaway here. Lol.

No, actually, me and my kids are entirely devastated, emotions shattered and will likely never trust anyone again. Thanks for your concern.
My takeaway is that absolutely no one's marriage or Partner is entirely safe. Every friend in our life was dumbfounded by his betrayal. He completely exited his old life. His distant family across the country didn't care, but never did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is how I found out my husband was having an affair.

Before, I would have bet my children’s lives that he wasn’t cheating. I would have bet every penny I had.

+1. The week before, we were looking at buying a vacation home, planning a European vacation, making future plans, intimacy, I love yous, etc.
It could happen to absolutely anyone.

[Anonymous]

We share, I have checked my wife's location maybe 3 times over the past couple of years, for logistical reasons. Don't know and don't care how often she checks mine.

She doesn't, but I also wouldn't care if she "checked" my phone or computer.

Can't imagine being married to someone where I needed to hide anything.

[Anonymous]

Yes, since having kids. I mostly check it to figure out how soon DH and/or kid(s) in car will be home.

[Anonymous]

We do not. Only with our kids do we have location sharing on.

[Anonymous]

No location sharing between my DH and I. I might be crazy, but we keep each other in the loop. Married 40 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is how I found out my husband was having an affair.

Before, I would have bet my children’s lives that he wasn’t cheating. I would have bet every penny I had.

+1. The week before, we were looking at buying a vacation home, planning a European vacation, making future plans, intimacy, I love yous, etc.
It could happen to absolutely anyone.

An uncomfortable truth. One I didn’t believe, either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I were discussing location sharing and was wondering what percent of couples actually share locations with each other and why do you share location?

We do not share locations and never have? No specific reason why we don't its just something we never have done or thought to do.

Now that you’ve thought about it, what’s stopping you? Any specific reason for this reluctance? If you can stay aware of each other’s well being and can have easy access in case of any emergency, why wouldn’t you want to have that capability.

Op here

Nothing is stopping us we just dont see the need to check on each other's location. If I need to know where he is I'll call him but even with that said I've never needed to know where he is.

I think it's just with being together for 30+ years there's no need to know everything including location.

Also have been together for 30+ years and we share ours, as well as kids. It’s so much easier than calling. Mostly it’s used for figuring out when people will be home. One can always turn off location sharing, but I don’t see a need to hide anything from my family

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We do as a family. Its been helpful when my car has broken down so my husband can find me and other times.

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If my car broke down, I would send the location at that time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We do as a family. Its been helpful when my car has broken down so my husband can find me and other times.

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If my car broke down, I would send the location at that time.

I would tell DW to call AAA. That's why we have AAA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The weirdest thing happened to me once. Spouse and I were having problems and were briefly separated, and during our separation location sharing had me in a place (a harmless place) where I absolutely was not. This was a while ago, and I think was Facebook? So I'm sure they're more accurate. In any event, I was asked why I was there and denied I was and came across as lying even though I wasn't. So it wasn't a good thing and I've been queasy about location sharing ever since.

To the point that it could make a bad marriage worse, you were clearly having issues if you were separated and having problems. My husband and I wouldn't accuse each other of lying if this had happened, we'd think it was funny.

No, you wouldn't. You would not think the location was wrong. It's easy for you to think that in the abstract, but you wouldn't.

It's actually not in the abstract - it has happened and we did think it was funny. Again, since you seem to be missing the point, we're happily married so this didn't bother us. If you're separated, then of course you're not happily married. See the difference?

[Anonymous]

Frederick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I were discussing location sharing and was wondering what percent of couples actually share locations with each other and why do you share location?

We do not share locations and never have? No specific reason why we don't its just something we never have done or thought to do.

Now that you’ve thought about it, what’s stopping you? Any specific reason for this reluctance? If you can stay aware of each other’s well being and can have easy access in case of any emergency, why wouldn’t you want to have that capability.

Op here

Nothing is stopping us we just dont see the need to check on each other's location. If I need to know where he is I'll call him but even with that said I've never needed to know where he is.

I think it's just with being together for 30+ years there's no need to know everything including location.

We have it, rarely use it but having it gives peace of mind when we need to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds good. If one of you got kidnapped, or murdered, it would help tremendously, why wouldn’t you share locations?

You watch too much television.

[Anonymous]

We do but we have teenagers with iPhones. It’s solely (at least I think!) for logistical purposes. It makes it easier for meal time planning and shuttling kids around.