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Why does his Google history show he was at an industrial estate at night

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Nachosanddips · 06/07/2024 17:00

Last night I was on Dh’s phone-not snooping…initially at least. I was turning lullaby music off that he and our dc had fallen asleep to.
It showed the travel history of where he’d been/been driving etc. I just thought it was quite interesting at first, don’t think I have it on my phone or if I do, no idea how to access it! I started looking and it was all pretty boring-travel to work, certain shops, cafes etc, a friends house. One entry from last Sunday shows him going out in the evening driving for 30 minutes, it says here no location/location not shown. Then from around 10.30-11.30 pm, it shows a location and when I looked at it, it’s an industrial estate. This is really strange isn’t it?! Making me so paranoid, what would you make of it?

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WalkingaroundJardine · 06/07/2024 21:30

@Nachosanddips yes I can understand why you don’t feel that comfortable about what he’s possibly doing there late at night.

InSpainTheRain · 06/07/2024 21:30

I wouldn't let on I know, I don't think I'd go there either. But I might say "you know that industrial.estate x? I saw on the local news its a popular dogging site! Who'd have thought?!" Then watch his face.

notenoughteaintheworld · 06/07/2024 21:28

I know everyone else is jumping to the worst conclusions, just wanted to nip in to offer it doesn’t HAVE to be nefarious or anything at all.

When my kids were very small, and things got tense (the way that things often do when no one is sleeping and everything is chaos) there were probably 3 google maps histories over two years that would have shown me in an empty car park at a weird hour.

It was just to be able to sit in silence and know that no one was going to need something or get at me for an hour so I could scrape together the bits of my shattered nerves and sellotape them back together.

beeloubee · 06/07/2024 21:17

Possibly meeting someone for sex. Maybe when he tells you he is visiting friends he is actually doing this. I would try catch him out.

MounjaroUser · 06/07/2024 21:14

Letsgodancing · 06/07/2024 20:44

There's a scene in you when the police ask the guy what he was doing in his car in a random place at night and he said he was doing man hand activity as he had a newborn at home. So that could be it, somewhere secluded for man activity or just sometimes people need to get of the house and gather their thoughts.

Oh ffs really? You think he drives to a remote place to have a wank?

ThatBusyFox · 06/07/2024 21:12

Nachosanddips · 06/07/2024 19:27

@sandragreen Its not every other night, he goes to his friends for a couple of hours a couple of times a week
I seriously didn’t think this was odd

I think this is just odd for the UK. It gets dark early, kids go to bed at 7 and that's pretty much the end of the day.

This would be quite normal where I'm from though so don't get too hung up on it since you said you're not in the UK.

HarryKanesDrool · 06/07/2024 21:10

Commonsense22 · 06/07/2024 21:06

OP, does a combination of google Street View and google searching enlighten you on what happens in that location?
I know of it was my dh it would turn out he'd gone to purchase some new tires for the car or some random second hand garden tool we don't need or something.

I always go and buy my tyres at 11pm on a Sunday night too. Totally innocent.

Crumpleton · 06/07/2024 21:09

If its on his mobile does he have his timeline set up under Maps?

Commonsense22 · 06/07/2024 21:06

Nachosanddips · 06/07/2024 17:00

Last night I was on Dh’s phone-not snooping…initially at least. I was turning lullaby music off that he and our dc had fallen asleep to.
It showed the travel history of where he’d been/been driving etc. I just thought it was quite interesting at first, don’t think I have it on my phone or if I do, no idea how to access it! I started looking and it was all pretty boring-travel to work, certain shops, cafes etc, a friends house. One entry from last Sunday shows him going out in the evening driving for 30 minutes, it says here no location/location not shown. Then from around 10.30-11.30 pm, it shows a location and when I looked at it, it’s an industrial estate. This is really strange isn’t it?! Making me so paranoid, what would you make of it?

OP, does a combination of google Street View and google searching enlighten you on what happens in that location?
I know of it was my dh it would turn out he'd gone to purchase some new tires for the car or some random second hand garden tool we don't need or something.

DampDust · 06/07/2024 20:48

@Nachosanddips keep an eye on it for the next few months

Kovus · 06/07/2024 20:48

OneTC · 06/07/2024 18:04

I really want a kebab now

Looks like you might need to head out to Moreton-in-Marsh for a combination of Doner and Dogging.

www.doggingaction.co.uk/dogging-news/dirty-dogging-orgies-cotswolds-fifty-shades-of-grey/

JustCantBeBothered · 06/07/2024 20:47

Must admit, on first look I'd also think it dodgy. However, I know the Google thing is by no means accurate as it frequently thinks I'm in a town about 15 miles away. If you ask him, he will turn location off and deny it and you will never know. If you Fe worried I would go there and look, and have another look at his phone in a few weeks. If theres nothing to worry about I'd draw a total line under it.

My other worry is why you're so worried! And it does seem odd he goes and sits with friends and their families so often. I don't hold my DH captive, but 90% of the time we put the kids to bed and spend the evening together, whatever it is we have decided to do.

Good luck OP.

Giulia123 · 06/07/2024 20:47

Can you check his call log for that night to see if he called someone around the same time he was there?

Letsgodancing · 06/07/2024 20:44

There's a scene in you when the police ask the guy what he was doing in his car in a random place at night and he said he was doing man hand activity as he had a newborn at home. So that could be it, somewhere secluded for man activity or just sometimes people need to get of the house and gather their thoughts.

LenaMoon · 06/07/2024 20:44

Is this man getting his conjugals at home?

KarmaKat · 06/07/2024 20:44

If I saw this on my husband’s phone, I wouldn’t give it a second thought. These things have quirks. My Deliveroo account things I live in Morocco for starters.

There must be a reason you’re this anxious.

HarryKanesDrool · 06/07/2024 20:42

Jochef · 06/07/2024 20:41

Jesus. Just ask him

He would know. He's omnipotent.

Nazzywish · 06/07/2024 20:42

Maybe he's just gone and got a really bad takeaway one he knows you'd disapprove of and sat in peace for an hour. Or just sat watching something in his car after popping to nearby shops or something. I've sat in a supermsrkrt car park after escaping the kids for 45 mins at times just decompressing when they were younger!

fleabites · 06/07/2024 20:42

It is a little known fact that industrial estates are used by prostitutes when the Industries are closed at night and over the weekends

That isn't a little known fact. I thought everyone knew that. I'm afraid it's the first thing that sprung to mind when I read the OP.

However, it might not be that, he might have wanted to go out for a drive for a bit to clear his head and have a stealth McDonalds.

Jochef · 06/07/2024 20:41

Jesus. Just ask him

HarryKanesDrool · 06/07/2024 20:40

Garlickest · 06/07/2024 20:39

Seriously? You think using women's bodies for perfunctory sex is just a thing men do, with no relevance to their relationships with - er, women? Actually, don't answer. This isn't the thread for it. But, blimey.

Paddy has needs

Garlickest · 06/07/2024 20:39

Pippetypoppity · 06/07/2024 20:07

Really upsetting for you if it is prostitute, dogging whatever but remember men can have sex with zero emotional involvement - just a biological urge. Maybe he’s frustrated with you being tired from baby or doesn’t want to pester or just doing it for selfish indulgence but - most importantly he’s not having an affair, he’s not hoping to replace or escape his current life and he probably loves you and your child as much as ever. Sorry Op. Stay strong and think of your life together and your darling child together.

Seriously? You think using women's bodies for perfunctory sex is just a thing men do, with no relevance to their relationships with - er, women? Actually, don't answer. This isn't the thread for it. But, blimey.

Tarquina · 06/07/2024 20:37

It is a little known fact that industrial estates are used by prostitutes when the Industries are closed at night and over the weekends.

I'm really really sorry, but it looks like your husband has either gone there just to look at them and wonder whether he could pay one of them for sex, or he's actually paid one for sex. Either way it's pretty grim. Perhaps there is some other solution, a certainly hope so for your sake. Best of luck.

LenaMoon · 06/07/2024 20:36

Why would people want to track each other. Sounds like Blairs wet dream

Garlickest · 06/07/2024 20:34

Missgucci · 06/07/2024 20:15

Op where can you see this info ? I've just logged into my own Google maps and can't find any journeys I've done using google maps but I did manage to find apparently a favourite place with a star that ive never even been to before. How accurate is this info on google? How did you manage to find it, my google is in sync but the info does not show on my laptop 🤔

Sounds like you don't have location turned on.

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