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?

I would but we do not have the same type of phone, I share with my kids.
It's not that I'd want to know where he is at all times, but would just look to see if he was on his way home, so I could start the dinner ect. X

Life 360 can be used across different phones

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but for me this is weird.Thats it. People coped for millions of years without the ability to do this. Its an awful reflection on society

This doesn’t make sense? How am I paranoid

Yes

@oObyeOo "
They’re less likely to get themselves in to bother… teenage frontal cortex can be a bit impulsive. They’re likely to think twice about doing stupid things if they know they’re being tracked."

Now that really IS weird! And illogical-because knowing where they are isn't going to stop them doing stupid things. And more likely to make them dump their phone....

People have coped for millions of years without all sorts of things we now have.

Reflection on society, weird….

I think what’s weirder is somebody being so over invested in other families choices.

My teens asked us to set up Life360. They feel safer at night knowing we can see where they are. My son has just been travelling and working abroad for 3 months he really appreciated having it then.

There are so many other advantages too.

Not over invested at all.

You do you.

😂😂😂
Back at you. You’re not.

We are doing us. I’m not trying to convert you to our way or ridiculing your choices like you are.

We do, plus two adult children and recently widowed MIL. We all like the information and security it provides.

Keep telling yourself how happy you are…whilst checking where he is!!

I never said anything about driving whatsoever, I was replying to someone saying her OH called her while she was out walking the dogs in the dark.

I do get what you mean, I think we have the ability to access so much information now it can make people worry more not less.

When there was no way of contacting/tracking people/kids we all just got on with it because nobody knew different I think we were less concerned in general.

I think the focus on safety can veer into paranoia very easily.

Sooo now I’m not happy.😂😂😊😊

I don’t need to check my husband, I’ve been married 34 years, he works from home with a very needy dog and I have no access to my phone during the working day. He rarely has his near him when working so I can’t text.

I hate driving, he checks I’m ok on long journeys, we keep an eye on our kids out at night, can seen how far away we are when separated by a long journey and how soon we’ll be home, I can see who is nearest to pick stuff up when shopping is needed……

We dip in and out.

To quote you” you do you” and don’t try to trash my marriage because we do things differently.

I think that people who find it weird or controlling are actually the ones who have the problem or something to hide.
It’s never even crossed my mind that DH is checking up on me or to check up on him so I’m wondering why that’s the first thing that comes into their mind

Surely people lifestyles make a difference too.
Can people not see this!?

Exactly this. It’s an indication of a sad state of mind when people instantly think of this.

We have zero need to check up on each other.

No but me and my husband are pretty rubbish with phones so it's not something that ever crossed our minds to do. We just text each other if we're leaving a place.

To be honest the thought of tracking family members, knowing their locations st all times makes me feel uncomfortable but I can see why those have it.

Yes, I don't think using it or not says anything about a marriage. But perhaps I might be wary if DD had a new boyfriend who insisted on it from day one. That might be odd, especially as she doesn't do any extreme sports or travel by herself, like I do.

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.

@letstrythatagain I think that's quite nice actually

We have never tracked each other or our son! I think it's intrusive. Maybe if son had been untrustworthy, but he was never in trouble and pretty much always let me know where he was. I think back to my childhood and would have hated being tracked!

See here's where I see it being really problematic. Teenagers need to figure these things out for themselves, rather than not doing something because mummy or daddy are tracking them. They need to develop their own instincts, their own ability to get out of bother or to learn from it when they do. And far from delivering peace of mind to the parent, it's more likely to cause anxiety I would have thought - why isn't he there, she seems to have disappeared, why hasn't he moved from this spot in 3 hours, etc. Let them live and figure our their own bloody lives for God's sake, I would never ever even suggest this to my children mainly because this would have filled me with horror at their age..