Do you know your OH phone passwords?

[Wolfie26]

I was just wondering if other people know their partner's phone passwords? My partner (together 4 years) knows mine but I don't know his. He uses his thumb print to unlock his phone and when we spoke about it recently (after he received some slightly odd texts from another woman) he made noises about how he didn't have a password on it because of this. I have Face ID on my phone but I still had to set up a back up password.

Do most people tend to know their partner's password? I don't want to snoop through his phone but not knowing makes me wonder if there is something to hide or if I just need to trust him more.

He kept forgetting his so he doesnt have one anymore after getting locked out of his phone the last time! He knows mine though, and he knows my emails and passwords cos we have some joint accounts with my details, I did know his at one point but forgot and we dont use his

Yes I know my dh passwords for almost everything I think.

If your dh has an iPhone has HAS to have a passcode. Thumb print or face recognition is used but you have to use a passcode in some circumstances

DH and I use the same password on our phones. Makes it easy if we have to borrow a phone for whatever reason.
We have no need to hide anything.

We have complete access to each others phones, email, bank etc etc. Always have, not a trust issue. I don't think either of us ever look. It's just been helpful over the years to be able to help each other out, like me printing something off his email etc

Yes I know his phone password.. I have to use his phone occasionally or answer his for him if he's driving. He does the same for me. Also use his phone to play our Spotify play lists so access for that reason.
He knows mine for the same reasons.. plus I have the same passcode for everything anyway.

Vaguely. It’s the year the company he worked for started up. Easy to google.

Mine is an old staff number. He could find it if he dug around documents around the house.

No. I don’t tell anyone my passwords to anything. Tbh if I was going to do anything dodgy I’d also get a secret phone so dh knowing the pw for this one wouldn’t help him.

No, I've never been interested, and he's never asked to know mine. I've never told DH my passcode but he could probably work it out (I never hide it when unlocking my phone), but I don't think he's interested either. I wouldn't like the thought of him looking through my messages, although there's nothing he'd be bothered about. It's just about respect for each other's privacy. We don't know each other's emails or banking details either. We've never needed to borrow each others phones, except for taking photos, and you can do that without unlocking, and we don't drive so no reason for either of us to be using the other's phone really.

Yes we know each other's purely for practical reasons as others have said - using maps/answering texts or calls whilst driving etc. I've no interest or need to snoop on his and I'm certain he doesn't feel a need to look at mine but it would definitely feel weird knowing I couldn't. Same for banking, payslips, computer etc - can access but don't.

No, I don't know his passwords for anything and he doesn't know mine. We're still individuals, and privacy is very important to me.

Can't envisage a scenario where we would ever need to use one another's phones either. And as already stated, if someone wants to hide something they will.

Like I said, your desperate need to announce your trust reeks of lack of trust. We share. Because that's what couples do. Don't even think about whether or not. It's just convenient. That's trust Petal.

Wow! What is wrong with you?

It's actually taught in PSHE in schools that to know passwords and not have any privacy is not good in relationships.

Phone yes. Just because with a phone we sometimes need to use each other’s (check a message for the driver, set up a map, can’t find own phone and need to make a call etc) so of course now remember the passwords.

What did those odd messages say exactly? Who were they from?