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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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GRex · 06/07/2024 17:49

HarryKanesDrool · 06/07/2024 17:47

Theyre not in the UK so all this advice is pointless.

Craft breweries exist in most countries, they are not just a UK thing.

Percivaleverett · 06/07/2024 17:49

I would say industrial estates or areas with lots of new builds are often where location software is least accurate. For example around Canary Wharf my maps goes completely bonkers because it’s all so new. So I agree I wouldn’t put too much store in this.

BaronessBomburst · 06/07/2024 17:49

All these people saying prostitutes or dogging, really! Yes, it could be true but it's far more likely that his location was out and his phone teleported him there.
DS was in Windsor for 20 mins last week; we're 500 km away.
If it doesn't make sense it's because it didn't happen. It's a glitch and they're fairly frequently.

Berga · 06/07/2024 17:49

This month my Google summary states that I went to the local cinema twice for five hours each time, I did not. It also says I went on a two mile cycle ride along the sea front, but I don't own a bike and can't ride one. Just my tuppence worth that it does seem to randomly make things up sometimes.

Flowerypaintings · 06/07/2024 17:48

OneTC · 06/07/2024 17:45

People that dress as animals to have sex

People do that ??!!! 😂
That’s so weird.
I’d have to be a crocodile or a shark I think 🤔 or a T rex but are extinct animals allowed ?!

So is ‘dogging’ dressing as dogs and doing it doggy style?

stokessauce · 06/07/2024 17:48

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HarryKanesDrool · 06/07/2024 17:47

GRex · 06/07/2024 17:46

There are sometimes craft breweries or pop-up bars on industrial estates, could it be that? You'll have to drive there really to see what there is.

Theyre not in the UK so all this advice is pointless.

GRex · 06/07/2024 17:46

There are sometimes craft breweries or pop-up bars on industrial estates, could it be that? You'll have to drive there really to see what there is.

HarryKanesDrool · 06/07/2024 17:46

OneTC · 06/07/2024 17:45

People that dress as animals to have sex

Why on industrial estates? Is it like dogging?

Morwenscapacioussleeves · 06/07/2024 17:46

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I would still ask 🤷‍♀️

Genuinely wouldn't occur to me not to ask my DH if I was worried
"I know I shouldn't have looked at your phone but I did & now I'm wondering..."

OneTC · 06/07/2024 17:45

JoyousPinkPeer · 06/07/2024 17:42

What is furries?

People that dress as animals to have sex

NonPlayerCharacter · 06/07/2024 17:45

HarryKanesDrool · 06/07/2024 17:44

Ive had to google furries and I still dont get it.

There's not much to get. Anthropomorphic horses for courses.

Tagyoureit · 06/07/2024 17:45

I can't imagine leaving my partner with a young child to do the bed time routine only rock up to somebody's else house who have young kids whilst they're doing their bedtime routine. I find that strange!

@Nachosanddips the only way you will find out is by seeing the place at roughly the same time or by confronting your DH. However, technology is not to be taken as gospel.

Mostlycarbon · 06/07/2024 17:45

There's not a kebab van there at night is there? Cheeky kebab.

HarryKanesDrool · 06/07/2024 17:44

Ive had to google furries and I still dont get it.

JoyousPinkPeer · 06/07/2024 17:42

What is furries?

gardenmusic · 06/07/2024 17:42

is there a mac donalds on the site? There is on our industrial site.

Cosycover · 06/07/2024 17:42

My Google maps once said I was in Turkey when I was in Scotland so there's that.

I'd just ask and see what he says. Probably went to a nearby shop etc and just parked to eat and browse on his phone.

OneTC · 06/07/2024 17:41

YouveGotAFastCar · 06/07/2024 17:39

While the other person is doing bedtime? Yeah I think so. We both go and see friends, sometimes together and sometimes apart; but we’d plan ahead of time. We wouldn’t randomly pop out often when the other person was doing bedtime. Although to be honest, the person not doing bedtime usually tidies/cleans/sets up for the next day.

My Google location history is really accurate, but I don’t know if I’ve ever been to the industrial estate he was on or what the signal is like.

I also don’t think you’ll convince him you accidentally came across it while turning off music, surely it took some digging around in his Google app/settings? Has something make you a bit on edge recently?

Mine gives me a notification you can click so I think you could blag it pretty easy

Miffylou · 06/07/2024 17:41

Drug deals?

Bruciebogtrotter · 06/07/2024 17:40

Are you having regular sex OP? I think the answer to this would all the sex worker accusations much more/less likely.

YouveGotAFastCar · 06/07/2024 17:39

Nachosanddips · 06/07/2024 17:31

I can’t follow him as I’m home with my dd

Is it really that weird to nip out to a friends house sometimes? I didn’t realise it was that strange, same as going for a drink at the pub in a way 🤷🏻‍♀️

While the other person is doing bedtime? Yeah I think so. We both go and see friends, sometimes together and sometimes apart; but we’d plan ahead of time. We wouldn’t randomly pop out often when the other person was doing bedtime. Although to be honest, the person not doing bedtime usually tidies/cleans/sets up for the next day.

My Google location history is really accurate, but I don’t know if I’ve ever been to the industrial estate he was on or what the signal is like.

I also don’t think you’ll convince him you accidentally came across it while turning off music, surely it took some digging around in his Google app/settings? Has something make you a bit on edge recently?

LiterallyOnFire · 06/07/2024 17:39

Nachosanddips · 06/07/2024 17:13

@keylimedog Do you mean women are walking around there or taken there?

Local newspapers normally mention where the red light districts are if you want to know, just search their website.

ScottBakula · 06/07/2024 17:38

Crushedcandy · 06/07/2024 17:16

Don’t go off the deep end just yet OP. That locations app isn’t always entirely accurate.

This , I sometimes go back through my own just out of curiosity, latest week apparently I was at 2 different hotels and a very expensive restaurant.

My phone just picks up the strongest signal.

Anybody would think I am living the high life 😃

LiterallyOnFire · 06/07/2024 17:38

Is it the site of one of those grubby burger or kebab vans?

He might have just been decompressing.