do you and DH share your locations on your phones?

[buggeroo]

just curious really. DH and I have never done this, and I wondered if that is the norm?

No but neither of us go out much. But I still wouldn't feel the need to, it just screams of mistrust to me.

We do. I don’t know if others do it and how common it is.

I do with both my partners, I have a fair few medical conditions which could leave me unresponsive so it's mostly for safety. Although we all use it occasionally to see where each other is. Usually because we'd like something picking up and can see who's closest!

Also have the kids on there, eldest with her phone now she's starting to go out and about. Youngest with her tablet so when she can't find it we know which house/car we're looking in 😂

We do as he works away in a dangerous job with a lot of driving it pits my mind at rest somehow although I can honestly say since he set it up I've never actually checked it

@*missshilling
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If you worry about your partner knowing where you are, you have problems.

If you need to check where your partner is, you've got much bigger problems.

Sorry you're in that type of relationship, have you considered leaving?

Yes we do and it has nothing to do with ‘trust’ in our situation.

Yes. We share with the kids too. It was great when dh broke down as I knew exactly where he was and could tell him how long it would take to get to him. He could also see how I was doing getting to him.

With the kids we can see where they are when they ring to say they'll be late cos their school bus has broken down (again). They use it to see where we are on our journey home from work. We've used it to see roughly what time they're expected home on school trips etc.

We've also used it to gauge what time to put tea on so it's ready when either of us get in from work.

Neither of us have any reason to hide our movements though so there's no trust issues for us to worry about.

I have no problem with location sharing but the Arlo doorbell camera pisses me off tbh

No way! Its just weird.

If my husband of is on a long journey we sometimes do, mainly so I can watch where he is and count down the minutes until he's back and I can have a break from the kids lol! We barely make long journey so this is rare.

Other than that no

Only when I’m about to get home ( so i can have hot drink waiting for me) :)

It's telling that there are standard reasons people for doing things that are "off" and we all secretly know they are absolutely rubbish. "We have tracking so I can have dinner on the table" "He tracks me so he knows I'm safe" "I only smack my children when they run into the road or put their fingers in an electric socket"....

Yes for a very boring and slightly odd reason - he has a long comm home on the M1 through roadworks and traffic is bad - if dinner is almost ready and he’s not home it’s handy to look where he is and decide if I’m going to wait for him or just eat by myself!!

aside for that, I use it to keep half an eye on him while he’s doing his sport - he had an accident a while back while miles from home and it made things easier to go and get him, he’d hit his head and was confused as to where he was exactly.

We do, but we don’t use it routinely.
We did ir after DH lost his old phone, we decided it would have been really useful!
I now use it mainly for DD as she is now being more independent and going out with friends etc.
No point using it to track DH, he is only ever at work or the golf course!

Yes we do and the kids. I find it very strange when people refer to it as 'creepy' or are derogatory about it tbh. It's just practical 🤷‍♀️

lol

Can you explain the practicalities for those of us that don’t understand the benefits?

@letstrythatagain "Yes we do and the kids. I find it very strange when people refer to it as 'creepy' or are derogatory about it tbh. It's just practical"

In what way is it practical to track your kids?

@DoAClassicCamel yep no prob. So we've three kiddies. They all go different ways to hobbies etc. I play taxi. lol. So if they go off after with their mates I can see where they are and you can just press 'drive to' on the app and I'm there.

As for the other half he works away abroad a lot and the kids love to see where in the world he is. He spend a few months on a tiny island somewhere (couldn't even tell you where 🤣) and they could see where he was and the countries around him. They'd even then pop it into a google earth to see more of the surrounding.

Honestly this debate seems to come up all the time on here. It's not creepy but just what we as a family like to have. It's not hurting anyone.

I guess he doesn’t take himself to remote areas or do extreme sports?

Also, is it control if you have other family members on location?

Texting whilst driving is also more dangerous than calling

No but I’d like it more for anxiety reasons as he works away a lot and is often all over the country I’d find it reassuring to know that he’s on his way back home etc
dont think dh would like it not that I don’t trust him or think he’s up to no good just that it’s nice if he’s not answering and I could see he was safely on his way back home

Though I must say that the eldest (she's 15 now) chose to take herself off a few months back. That's fine and totally her decision.

I find it really odd that everyone on here who uses it has given really good, valid, reasonable reasons… which don’t have any issues with trust.

Yet those who don’t just say it’s weird, or untrusting. With no other explanation.

Those who think it’s a trust issue must have those issues, otherwise you would see beyond that and to how useful it can be.

What an odd leap