Location sharing

[Anonymous]

We use like 360 for the kids and at first my husband was a bit creeped out about it but then got used to it and it is a huge help. Instead of wondering when he'll be home from work or some evening event, I can see if he left yet or how close he is from home. He used it for me too and once when 495 was shut down and I could not figure out the backroads of VA with GPS not being helpful, he was able to immediately give me directions where to go from viewing my location. I think it is 100% worth it.

Also, what really would one be hiding?

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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.

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

Aaa is for the car not her. Go get her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are good friends with another family. Between us, we have 5 kids and all of us share everyone's location.

It's all about logistics.

If you're traveling or something special is going on, sure. But c'mon, did you grow up being tracked? Can you imagine giving up all sense of freedom as a teen because your parents treated you like a dog? I think it's gross. It's inhuman.

My kid tracks me. Lots of pick ups and drop offs and keep tabs. It’s sweet.

[Anonymous]

Nah. It's for stalking. Every day we lose more privacy. We're basically China nowadays.

We all have phones. Text your spouse if you need their ETA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's for stalking. Every day we lose more privacy. We're basically China nowadays.

We all have phones. Text your spouse if you need their ETA.

I agree. Absolute insanity to track each other.

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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.

Tracking. Will. Not. Keep. You. Safe. Or. Prevent. Anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

The opposite of having a tracking device on your spouse is not “hiding things”. Do you share your bowel movement specifics, chit chat with the local barista, inner thoughts about how much they annoy your with your spouse? If not, are you “hiding” something?

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Anonymous wrote:No. I would never ever agree to being tracked.

Well, you are being tracked all the time, just to be clear.

LOL, PP will be first in line for commercial applications of the brain implant. Have fun, nutter.

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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.

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

Aaa is for the car not her. Go get her.

Big strong man must go save helpless woman!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t track my husbands location but he tracks mine. My husband doesn’t want me to have his location because, “he’s a grown man”. We both have our 17 and 21 year old daughter’s location, and I’m constantly worried about their safety, but it only helps a little, and I have to spend a lot of my work day checking their locations.

Is he having an affair?

No, he’s stubborn and self-righteous. That’s who he has always been. I don’t believe he is having an affair. I got through his phone often and don’t see anything, and he’s not very good at hiding things. Even if he was, I wouldn’t really care tbh.

Wow, so your husband tracks you but won't allow you to track him because he's a grown up and you're not and you wouldn't care if he was having an affair? Quite the marriage.

Probably more the part where she spends a lot of her day looking and checking their locations. Her husband doesn’t want to enable and feed into that anxiety too much. He is an adult and should be able to go about his day without being constantly tracked and monitored. That poster has issues.

[Anonymous]

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.

We do as a family and it's super helpful for a number of things. One of us has gotten lost or broken down and the others can more readily find us (in all cases we were not nec familiar with where we were). We can monitor our kid when driving home from college. Safety.

So, in short, you do you. I have nothing to hide so i don't care if my DH knows where I am.

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Anonymous wrote:Nah. It's for stalking. Every day we lose more privacy. We're basically China nowadays.

We all have phones. Text your spouse if you need their ETA.

I agree. Absolute insanity to track each other.

In healthy marriages with nothing to hide and no fear of judgement it’s a good tool, not so much for unhealthy marriages. It’s hard to understand why they are reluctant.

[Anonymous]

I location share with my kids and with DH’s work cell (iPhone) but his personal cell is android and I don’t even know if it’s possible to location share with an android. So it’s partial location sharing. I use it to know if he’s left work and to check where the kids are when I’m on my way home from work to see if they need to be picked up somewhere on my way. My 14yo would rather we can see where she is than be harassed about checking in to tell us where she’s going. The location accuracy is pretty impressive. I can tell which friend’s house she’s at, pool, home. I don’t think the kids feel stalked. Just means we call them less and are less likely to insist they pick up when we call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t track my husbands location but he tracks mine. My husband doesn’t want me to have his location because, “he’s a grown man”. We both have our 17 and 21 year old daughter’s location, and I’m constantly worried about their safety, but it only helps a little, and I have to spend a lot of my work day checking their locations.

See, that's just wrong.

1) if he tracks you, then you should track him. Or neither.
2) you need to stop tracking your daughters and stop worrying about them and learn to trust that you brought them up smart and they can take care of themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t track my husbands location but he tracks mine. My husband doesn’t want me to have his location because, “he’s a grown man”. We both have our 17 and 21 year old daughter’s location, and I’m constantly worried about their safety, but it only helps a little, and I have to spend a lot of my work day checking their locations.

See, that's just wrong.

1) if he tracks you, then you should track him. Or neither.
2) you need to stop tracking your daughters and stop worrying about them and learn to trust that you brought them up smart and they can take care of themselves.

Nobody NEEDS to do anything here just b/c you do it.