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Please tell me this is innocent

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GinAndOnIt · 19/09/2016 11:45

In a very happy LTR with DP, not married.

We've just been away for a weekend for a family wedding, which ended in DP talking seriously about marriage in the next two years or so. Great.

In the car on the way home, I was trying to get signal for the maps but it was taking ages, so DP said to use his. As I picked it up, there was a message on the screen from 'Double' and I laughed and said 'oh you've got a message from Double, interesting name!'
He said 'Confused from who? What does it say?' so I read it out. (I was still on the locked page, he has message previews on). Text said something along the lines of 'we've found your perfect match! Click the link to see your DoubleDate (followed by weird link)'
I read it out whilst he was looking utterly flummoxed, and then I got distracted by us going the wrong way so clicked onto maps. I later made a joke about his 'match' and he laughed, but that's all that's been said about it.

Now today, I'm utterly hungover which is when I am most paranoid (I have history of mild MH issues and am also exhausted from weekend which doesn't help), so now I'm panicking. Please tell me it sounds like a scam text? I've googled DoubleDate and a website came up that isn't yet up and running, and gives the option of signing up with an email address for updates.

In no way would I ever question him cheating, so I don't know why this has made me so paranoid. I completely adore that man and this is the first time I've ever had thoughts like this, but I feel like that's how all these cheating threads start.

I know his phone passcode, and he's always leaving his phone lying around, and although I don't look through his phone, he does often say 'oh grab my phone and message X for me' or similar. He also doesn't really sit and use his phone much when he's home, but if we are sat fiddling with our phones, we'll often say 'what you reading?' and then he will normally tilt his phone to me and say 'facebook' and I'll tilt my phone away and say 'mumsnet' Wink

Do you think I need to be raising this with him, or do I really need to let it go? It's just a scam text, isn't it?

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ParanoidGynodroid · 19/09/2016 12:39

I get similarly awkward emails from Pinterest: every so often they send me an email (which then jumps up as a notification on my phone) saying something like "Paranoid and Alex, it's a match!" meaning they have similar pins to me (all about knitting, in my case!) and I should check them out.
I hate this, it sounds like a dating agency and I'd feel awkward and defensive if DH saw the title of the email.

SlowJinn · 19/09/2016 12:45

I hope you are reassured by the responses!!

PS can I come to the wedding?

paranormalish · 19/09/2016 12:47

Its a scam my wife got exactly the same text message yesterday evening.

GinAndOnIt · 19/09/2016 12:53

para it was yesterday evening when DP received his too! There must have been a huge amount sent out.

Phew.

Slow very reassured. You can come if you can persuade him to hurry along Wink - I'm terribly impatient and he is terribly laid back, I wish he hadn't have told me it was on the cards until it was actually happening!

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Magicpaintbrush · 19/09/2016 12:58

Sounds innocent to me.

I had a similar thing yesterday. My DH was using my laptop and suddenly said "there' a message here about flight information??" and I was like "what?" - I have no flights booked nor do I know anybody else who has. So I go over to look and another message has popped up saying something about a reminder to email 'John'. Anyway, it was this bloody Cortana app which automatically updated onto my laptop last week, and it was pop-up of examples of questions you can ask it - in this instance about flights and email reminders. But for a minute I think my hubby thought I was planning a clandestine trip with somebody called John! Bloody technology! I uninstalled it this morning.

Just goes to show though that these intrusive pop ups could lead to misunderstandings.

NeedsAsockamnesty · 19/09/2016 13:01

Ive had them from that very site and ive never been on a dating site in my life, don't fret

Purplebluebird · 19/09/2016 13:16

I get random messages from various competitions and the like, never signed up to anything (they even have my name in!) so it's probably someone who's sold my number... Wouldn't surprise me if it was similar with your other half!

user1471504234 · 19/09/2016 21:23

Go read the latest review for 'Double' on the App store Smile

GinAndOnIt · 20/09/2016 07:12

Aahhh :)

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AdaLovelacesCat · 20/09/2016 07:22

I get stuff offering to connect me with my dream partner, and have never signed up to any dating websites. I might have looked at POF a few times, but these came before that.

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