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Is this crossing the lines of privacy.?

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mou · 14/11/2008 08:09

I can only start this for now as I am working.

We are seeing camhs for my son and the counsellor wanted to explore H and I's relationship a bit.
In april my phone crashed and on replacing it, upgraded my memory card. Gave H my old one. Deleted memory but didn't format it. When he put it in his phone it installed my info on his. He went through the info and found a number under 's'. I admitted it was the samaritans as I needed to talk to someone.
This came up yesterday as we were talking to the guy about how we got to the point we are at now. and H got defensive that he didn't do anything wrong as it was on his phone. I had not made the point that he had. To be honest I am mostly too emotionally lazy to get annoyed about things like that but I think trouble is a brewing and it will come up again.
I still don't much mind. I wasn't hiding anything, but suspect the reverse would have resulted in an argument about me intruding on his privacy.
I am one of those people that always sees both sides to an argument but am interested in what people think.

thank-you.

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shitehawk · 14/11/2008 08:29

I don't think any lines of privacy have been crossed. You made a phone call which ended up on his phone, he asked who it was, you told him. He hasn't intruded on your privacy; it was on his phone and when he found a number he didn't recognise he was entitled to ask who the number belonged to.

That should be the end of the story. Why do you think this will come up again? Why should it cause problems if it does? It was a phone call you made with a perfectly good reason; it was on his phone for a perfectly good reason; he asked who it was for a perfectly good reason. Why would either of you feel you have done anything wrong?

I honestly think this is a non-issue.

QuintessentialShadow · 14/11/2008 08:30

agree with shitehawk.

edam · 14/11/2008 08:38

I see shitehawk's point but he shouldn't have been scrolling through your old numbers and cross-questioning you about them. A bit like reading someone's post.

Most importantly, are you feeling better now than you did then? And why is it that him knowing you needed help will cause trouble? Surely any decent man would be very worried to discover their wife had felt so bad and concerned to support you.

mou · 14/11/2008 14:42

To be honest I wasn't the one that got upset and didn't make an isssue of it. I think it will come up again because of a gut feeling but would be happy to be wrong.
edam, things are ok, but a long way to go, hence seeing Camhs.
I don't often venture into this thread and obviously for good reason!

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