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24 replies

minime01 · 23/07/2017 13:08

Ok so quick question
If your fella had changed there passcode for phone with no reason to do so would you think anything of it?
Think I'm either being unreasonable or doubting

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princessachica · 23/07/2017 13:09

Ask him for the password ... why has he changed it ?

KungFuPandaWorksOut16 · 23/07/2017 13:10

That somebody has saw them typing the password and they want it changed.
(Work colleague etc)

I'd just ask why have you changed it. It's not a big deal.

Floralnomad · 23/07/2017 13:12

Is he refusing to give you the new password ? I never check my husbands phone or email but I know if I wanted to use his phone he would give me the password ( he has to change it frequently) and I would be concerned if he didn't want me to look at his phone , particularly as we've always been very open about mail / post etc.

minime01 · 23/07/2017 13:12

Can't really ask he think I was trying to get into his phone which I don't ever do just last night noticed he put a different passcode in as he was sat in front of me -
Weird one for me as he doesn't have a reason to

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YellowLawn · 23/07/2017 13:16

for his phone? why would you have his password?
I don't have dh's password, he doesn't have mine.

minime01 · 23/07/2017 13:20

I never used to have it I just knew it and I find it strange that you would change it for no reason that's all maybe it's just my own trust issues plus it never leaves his side

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Floralnomad · 23/07/2017 13:21

Well ask to borrow his phone and see what happens .

AfunaMbatata · 23/07/2017 13:26

You should change your passcode frequently for security.

TheNaze73 · 23/07/2017 13:46

I think you're being unreasonable. I change my passcode on the first of every month

KungFuPandaWorksOut16 · 23/07/2017 14:07

My phone never leaves my side neither. I'm not having an affair.

Like others have pointed out regularly changing your password is good for security reasons.

LittleBooInABox · 23/07/2017 14:08

I have a passcode on mine, no affair here. Mine is incase I lose it.

Joysmum · 23/07/2017 14:09

This isn't about what everyone thinks or does, this is about what's normal for him.

EverythingEverywhere1234 · 23/07/2017 14:10

My phone never leaves my side, my DPs doesn't leave his, I've changed my password multiple times and his has never changed but then I don't know if I would notice if it had. Neither of us are up to anything.
I think you're being unreasonable and a bit paranoid unless there's more to this.

ChickenBhuna · 23/07/2017 14:11

I change my passcode often. DP and I don't share passcodes and passwords.

I'm not having an affair or being dishonest.

I don't think you have a problem here unless there's anything else going on.

IAmTheWorwax · 23/07/2017 14:13

I honestly wouldn't think anything of it.

Do you ask permission to change yours?

AreWeDoingThisNow · 23/07/2017 14:13

My phone never leaves my side and is fingerprint locked. DH's is the same.

If I noticed he'd changed his passcode/password for something else I might comment on it, 'oh, did you change your code?' his reaction might tell you something.

It's probably innocent on its own, any other signs? Like having it set so his messages don't preview before unlocking or hiding the screen from you?

minime01 · 23/07/2017 14:33

Thanks all
This is not his normal that's all I was concerned about
I commented a while ago that his phone goes everywhere with him and since then passcode has been changed I just find it strange maybe it's because mines been the same for years and I've nothing to hide.
I do have slight trust issues due to a couple of years ago he was texting other women although still denies to this date and I haven't been able to let it go

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SpartacusSaiman · 23/07/2017 15:00

My samsung asked me to change my password for my account after 6 months.

I changed my passcode every 3/4 months.

I recently changed my passcode because i knew dh was trying to get into my phone (whole other thread about how i dealt with that) and i wont allow him to have it again.

I am not having an affair or hiding anything. I do have a right to privacy though.

princessachica · 23/07/2017 15:13

Me and my boyfriend have each other's passwords we are always on each other's phones not cause we are insecure but I have all the instagram and Snapchat and he doesn't so he uses my phone to scroll if he's bored and I use his to take pictures and edit them of our daughter cause my battery just drains out so quickly always on charge my phone

If my boyfriend changed his password I'd just ask him oh what's your password babe and how comes you changed it ? ...

If he doesn't give you his password I would question that.

Joysmum · 23/07/2017 15:26

I do have slight trust issues due to a couple of years ago he was texting other women although still denies to this date and I haven't been able to let it go

You don't have 'trust issues' he has history which leads to him being untrustworthy. There's a big difference!

EBearhug · 23/07/2017 15:32

It's good practice to change passwords regularly. If he's doing it as a regular thing or because there's a possible security issue and his password may have been breached, then nothing to worry about.

If you have other reasons not to trust him, that's different.

You should update your own passwords if they've been the same for years, though.

EverythingEverywhere1234 · 23/07/2017 16:14

Ah well that does change things, as joysmum says, he is an untrustworthy person, you don't have trust issues. It's concerning that he has never admitted anything thus enabling you to move forward properly. Seeing as it's just after you've said to him that you have noticed his phone goes everywhere with him, and given his history, I would be suspicious too. Sorry OP

Ellisandra · 23/07/2017 16:35

What is it that OPs like this always seem to drop in later that their boyfriend has form for cheating?

If you are certain that he was inappropriately texting other women before, and denying it, then you don't have trust issues. You have a cheat. I honestly would forget this passcode thing now and just dump him. No good will come of staying with a man who cheats on you,

KungFuPandaWorksOut16 · 23/07/2017 17:30

Well he hasn't got form has he? She claims he was texting other women, he denies it.

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