Put an AirTag in car

[Airtagging]

we had only one family car. I used to be the only driver for years until recently my husband got his driver license. At home, we usually park our car on street in front of our house but it may fully occupied sometimes so we need to park in the nearby street. I may not know where the car is when it is parked by my husband. So I put a spare AirTag in the car and share it with my husband so both of us can track the car’s location in our iPhones. But it piss off my husband. He said I’m stalker spying on where he goes everyday. But I only want to help us find our car easier. AIBU?

Whatever works for you, I guess 🤷‍♀️

I think he is being unreasonable. Where is he going he wouldn’t want you to know about?

All our cars are tracked, I have no interest in tracking DW, it’s all about security.

My husband put an air tag in my car in case it got nicked, he didn't ask me, he told me he had. Because I'm not up to anything dodgy I couldn't give a flying fck if he ever felt the need to track my movements.

I have a find my car thing on my phone. I click it when I park

He needs to tell you exactly where it is then.

It’s a term of mine & dh car insurance that we have a tracker on our cars. Previous car stolen. I was followed home - thankfully i only clocked that the following morning when I put 2+2 together. I was scared about driving after that for a long time.

I also have a ghost immobiliser fitted on my now car.

We are thinking of getting air tags as friends suitcases were lost on a trip this year and were found due to air tags.

I would worry if my DH had any concerns about sharing his location with me. We all, including late teens kids share our phone location. DH and I both find it useful to see where the other is, what time they are leaving to have tea started, if they are not at home when we thought they would be we can check and usually find they are at the supermarket. It bothers neither of us as we don’t have any secrets from each other. Even if we did as another pp said, went for a cheeky McDonald’s or in DH case, the pub, it’s not a big deal and we just laugh about it.

How about talking and saying where the car is parked????

just an idea

Wish I’d thought of this when my daughter used to borrow my car! I’d get up in the morning and never know where she’d parked it if not directly outside the house. I live on a very steep hill so I’d have to think do I go up to side street or down to other side street. I now need to get a tag for my current car as I have a very small 2 seater car now and I can never find it in any car park! 😂

Heck after losing my car in a Dubai mall car park and walking half a mile further than I needed I ALWAYS leave an AirTag in my car for my own sanity.

What’s he actually scared of?

Well we all track each other in this house by our phones. Why is he so bothered?

I don’t really understand why anyone would have an issue with this if they’re not hiding anything… OP is tracking the car, not the DH, can’t see the problem. Lots of people have find my iPhone/360 other stuff, what does it matter if people know where you are? Apple family has 6 of our family members and anyone can see the whereabouts of family group, no one keeping tabs on anyone else. Quite handy if you lose stuff though 🤷🏼‍♀️

I'm not hiding anything, I simply like privacy and don't see the need for it.

It's bizarre to me how this has been normalised. We're all rats in a maze.

That’s a good excuse of yours and you’re being proved right because he doesn’t want you to know where he is

I wouldn't want an AirTag in my car and I don't think I've anything I'd want to hide from my DH. People are entitled to just want to not be monitored or tracked remotely.

If you're both able to track the car, I don't see what the problem is. I mean, a lot of new cars have built in trackers, that you download an app for. What is he so worried about, when he is able to do the same when you use the car??

My husband and I share a car and we both have the app for it so we can always see where it is if we wanted to. Not really necessary as it's usually on the drive, but it doesn't bother either of us if one of us can see the other's location when in the car.

Wonder why your husband doesn't want you to know where he is?!

Alternatively, when he parks the car he could go on google maps, pin the location of the car and then text it to you.

I don't see anything wrong with it if you told him about it. My whole family. Including DH, 3 adult DDs and myself are all connected via the life 360 app, my daughter set up the group and invited us all to join, we all had a choice to accept or decline and we all choose to accept, none of us have anything to hide. I don't really know why we do it but it's peace of mind I guess, we don't stalk each others every movement but we can see each other if we want too.
To be honest if my DH got so mad about it, considering you told him and didn't do it behind is back, I would 100% think he has something to hide

Also, DH and I can check where each others phones are. I don’t think either of us have ever looked. We would only do so if the phone or the person seemed to be missing. Surely being able to find our cats and our loved one if missing is one of the advantages of modern life, not something to be paranoid about - unless you have something to hide.

Google maps is your answer. Apologies if lots of people have mentioned this already but if you go on Google maps you can click on parked car and it’ll take you to the last place you parked your car. It’ll only work for the person who parked it though

I also have a ghost immobiliser fitted on my now car.

That’s the absolute last thing I’d ever have fitted to my car. It’s great until you’re forced to demonstrate the unlock code whilst someone holds a knife to your child’s throat, which is what happened to someone on PistonHeads.

My husband would have no problem with this and he actually was cheating for six months. We lose our car all the time as it’s easy to forget where you parked somewhere around a block radius when you’ve previously parked every part of those streets. Your husband is being weirdly secretive.

I think in a normal healthy relationship with no manipulation / abuse / anything to hide etc it's fine and pretty normal. My DH and I have each other's phones and iwatches on the Apple 'Find my phone' app so assuming one has their phone on them etc we can technically track each other's whereabouts. We literally just do it for the occasions where it's helpful to see when the other might be home or when we're trying to rendezvous for example, nothing sinister and I otherwise am not ever looking at it because I trust him. I can see why from what you've said you're just looking at it from a purely practical sense, and in the context of the above that would be fine by me. Obviously I don't know the context of your relationship but at face value I wouldn't have an issue.