do you and DH share your locations on your phones?

You are presuming that they haven’t previously agreed a course of action should those circumstances arise. That is unlikely if the risk of it happening is great enough for her to check to see if it is actually going to happen.

We have it as a family group between myself, dh and all the children. Its really useful for the teenagers as they use me as a taxi frequently. I cannot be bothered with a teenager trying to explain where they are at 11pm (ie. remember that cinema we went to watch frozen years ago, it's behind that building across the road and down the street, friend xyz lives in that street at no 37....🙄)

Dh walks the dog after work and if he can see me on there leaving work, he'll come and meet me and we'll do an extra loop of the park together to get our steps up. The alternative would be that he phoned me which would be intrusive and inconvenient if I was in the middle of a work thing.

I'm a road cyclist and came off my bike in a country lane. I badly hurt my leg and arm and I rang dh in sobs and he was able to come straight over. I would never have been able to explain to him where I was exactly otherwise.

Tracking other people is creepy and weird so I can see why it's not approved! However, I only share it with people I love and trust and its in my intrests that they know where I am. We are all consenting to do it as we can all see the benefit of it.

I view it as a handy tool for modern life but can't absolutely see why some people are against it

@Coconutter24 "I like it for the kids because as kids I want to know where they are and safe etc"
Why do you need to know exactly where they are if they are old enough to be out alone? How do you know they are safe?

No. Me and the teens can see each others location but I never asked DH as he’s an adult and I don’t feel the need to keep a track on him. I like it for the kids because as kids I want to know where they are and safe etc

So what if the parent is stuck in traffic on the way to picking the kids up assumed that the other parent will check where they are and the other parent is busy and doesn't check? Who picks the kids up?

Actually, I'm on your 'side' of the argument.

Yes. Both are often solo running/walking/cycling, including around the cliffs or later in the evening.

No never felt the need to. We tell each other where we are going and what time we are likely to be back so no one worries

I'm honestly not sure what you're talking about.

It looks like you might have lost perspective and have become slightly stalkerish for you to be tracking my posts on this fast moving thread.*

 says the person literally tracking others and arguing with people who say no!!

You're the poster that keeps on giving @blueshoes !

@blueshoes as you don't need to justify when you post, so perhaps realise that no one needs to make up excuses to not be tracked.

Another baffling post from you!

If he's driving it's best not to be phoning people. Not everyone has or wants Bluetooth in car

We do. For years now, DP shares his location with me via Google maps when he's on a long journey and then doesn't bother to turn it off for months.

I didn't used to share my location but we've recently got Life360 for the kids so we can see their location and DS was reluctant so I shared mine to demonstrate that I'd do it and it's a 2 way street. DP shares his on there too now.

It works for us as none of us are controlling arseholes.

But, I just spent an evening with a friend who's in an abusive relationship and he tracks her to control her. It's horrific.

Nope. Not for me. And I don't want to check his location either

@dontstopmenowimhavingagoodtime and your singling me out is not baffling? Nah, I decide how where and what to post with no need to justify to anybody.

It looks like you might have lost perspective and have become slightly stalkerish for you to be tracking my posts on this fast moving thread.

Oh wait!

Agreed

No, never done that with DH or anyone.‘it’s beyond creepy and invasive, and very worrying it’s becoming the norm. It’s like a dystopian novel.

@blueshoes I think you're very over invested in this thread!

Entertaining admittedly but you've really got nothing better to do?

The amount of posts you've put on here is baffling.

No, but then we also have different operating systems so maybe we can't.

Mine was that bad I got the below card. But when travelling she posts the odd picture on FB. Which I've asked her to so I know she's alive.

My middle DD had the app for us to use when she used to go to quite rural Wales and went walking with my baby GC in a sling. Then she's used it in Poznań and similar when walking in the woods. We will definitely get an app for when my GC is at least 11-13. Other than that we don't have a need to use one.

You don't seem to be able to engage with arguments just side swipes on hyped up points that are irrelevant. You might want to engage substantively with the topic rather than sniping about what people do with their time because that is the sure sign of a losing argument. I am sure you would like me to be quiet.

@Whatacarrion not angry at all, but I am laughing at @blueshoes who has been on this for days, telling people they should have the app, and we are just making up excuses to not have it.

That one actually made me laugh, on this wonderfully sunny Sunday.

But of course her obsession with this thread is ok, because you agree with it?

How surprising 🙄

The normalisation of allow location sharing/tracking doesn't bother me.

A fairly close family member asked DH for sharing and he said no as they had no business needing to know where he was. However he has found it useful for me to have his and him to have mine.

I can't be responsible for how others might abuse that trust in their relationship. If someone doesn't want it for whatever reasons than that it their right. I share with DH because it's useful to me.

Really no one should need to justify their reasons and then be chastised for it on either 'side'.

You should step away from this thread as you are getting irrationally angry and you sound nuts to be honest.

Your ability to debate with any intelligence has either never existed or you have lost it in your vitriolic anger.

Apologies @focacciamuffin , meant to quote @MotherofChaosandDestruction there.