To not admit that I broke his new smartphone?

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DH has gone through a period of secret texting and having his phone glued to him. I am probably being paranoid as it's a brand new £500 HTC phone so he's obviously going to be attached to it until the novelty wears off anyway after a couple of drinks on Saturday night I grabbed it and took it out into the garden to read the texts (I know), he came out to find me, I panicked and dropped it, it fell glass first on a brick wall and smashed. I told DH I heard a noise outside and went to see if our cat had returned.

He realised instantly that his phone was missing. Que a frantic search of the entire house, the car, the garden, everywhere. He had no insurance. He is mortfied that he has "Lost" it.

I darnt tell him I broke it but realise it is really unfair to let him think he lost it. I don't know how he will react though and I cant afford to replace it.

WWYD?

you can replace the touchscreen for a fraction of the cost to replace the phone.

I respect my DH so I would tell him I'd broken it. Then again I trust my DH and wouldn't be 'checking up' on him. I'd much more likely be secretly playing some shite game on it. Nevertheless I'd still own up to him. It will probably cost £150 to replace the screen - I know this from DD leaving DH's iphone on the slide on a rainy weekend.

I would tell him the truth. The longer you keep it in, the longer you'll feel bad for.

I know it's hard and i know it'll probably force a confrontation but you will feel better for confessing.

and yes, you should replace it.

Ha ha serves you right.

So did you find what you were looking for. Has be cheated.

Is it not covered by your household insurance? I dropped my iPhone on our bathroom floor- it was the phone or the baby, and given she's my PFB...

My Santander home & contents covered it with £30 excess. But you'll have to admit it's broken, won't cover loss.

Well my DH has just replaced DD2's iPod touch screen for £9 following a video tutorial, so the financial cost needn't be great.

Having said that, I think a broken screen isn't the major issue in this scenario.

Sorry - didn't finish - you really need to talk properly together, but you know that don't you?

I tried it that way Chaos, buggered it up royally

Oh.

It took him one heck of a long time coco.

Could he have lost it on the settee? Do you have a throw, or cushions or something that could have been shaken outside? How about you "find the phone" beside the wall and say you must have shaken the furnishings there on Sunday and it must have fell out?