Would you nose around a partner's ex wife's house if you had the chance?

[IamaPopof]

This is prompted by the "Destroy and do not read" thread.

I had to look after my partner's ex wife's house for a few days when he had to work away and I had to feed the dog. It was my first time there without him. Would you use this time to nose around a bit - look at the various rooms , open her wardrobes etc and just be plain nosy or would you feed the dog and leave?

Absolutely not. Apart from the fact it is wrong, what would you expect to gain from it?

A quick look into the ground floor rooms is permissible, but opening drawers or cupboards would be out of order.

Why would you want to?

I am nosey.
I would read the do not read.
But I wouldn't sneak around my partner's dead ex wife's home.

Not sure what the difference is.... maybe because I already had the right to be disposing of a loved ones papers and they were closer to me than the ex wife. Maybe also because one requires more definite sneaky action than the other.

I wouldn't go sneaking around anyone's house.

I'd probably ask if I could take the dog back to mine for the time needed though if I knew it would be on its own.

What's the point of snooping? No I would not -very inappropriate behavior.

I would not even consider snooping. I would be in and out ASAP.

I wouldn't, because if the householder found out about it, it would be very embarrassing, and even if she didn't, it's the sort of thing insecure, jealous, obsessive stalker-type people do and I wouldn't want to be in that category.

I would want to but I wouldn't because it's so so wrong... And if there were cameras I would die of mortification.

The ex wife isn't dead in this scenario but that does intorduv=ce another interesting scenario.

Feed dog, possibly take it for a walk then leave. I can hardly be arsed checking what's in my house, cupboards, drawers etc. Someone else's are of less than no interest.

I wouldn’t even be feeding the dog. I have no idea why people are so into the lives of their partners ex etc. madness.

I thought you had introduced that scenario, by asking... does it make a difference if they are dead! Interestingly, I think a dead ex wife makes it less likely that I would snoop around as it seems more intrusive somehow!!! Weird how the moral (not so moral) brain works. I would still read my dead love ones do not read papers (!!!).

Absolutely not. Its such an invasion of someone's privacy and a betrayal of trust. Shameful. The very idea is why I keep most people at arms length.