He Googled the word ‘separated’

[Muddytoes1]

It’s been a tough few months with a house move and new baby but generally everything is ok, or so I thought. DH just lent me his phone to look something up and the page it opened onto had Google results for the word ‘separated’. Is this a bad sign? Seems a weird thing to Google as a word on its own but can’t think why someone would Google that? Also why would he been so happy to use his phone if there was stuff on there he’d be worried about me seeing? Feel like I should just ask him but thought maybe I shouldn’t and should try and check phone another day. Feeling worried. He’s very lovely 😕

Sometimes I google words I can't spell??!! Otherwise does seem like an odd word to google?

Googling is sometimes an effective way to check spelling - type how you think it's spelled and wait for google to correct it.

It's a commonly misspelled word, so could just be to check the spelling? In any case, I honestly wouldn't overthink this - if anyone googled my search history then god knows what they would think of me! Things aren't necessarily how they seems when it comes to google search history.

I was going to say, maybe he wanted to know if it was seperated or separated. I regularly google words I'm not sure how to spell.

I know there's a spell check line under the word if it's wrong but sometimes you're quicker to google the word than have four attempts.

I was going to say the spelling thing as well. I often do it, especially when a word looks wrong once I've written it. Separated could well be one of those words, feels like it should have an "e" after the P.

Yeah I often google random words I'm unsure how to spell. Separate, tomorrow, definitely are examples that I've googled before off the top of my head.

Obviously, we cannot know, but I wouldn't google ''separated'' as it's in the past tense. I think I would google ''separation'' or ''how to separate'' or ''separation agreement''

I agree it’s a spelling thing. I do it.

Another one saying they use google to get spellings right.... but why would he be using the word? What does he do for work? I understand your concern. Is he asking if someone if they're separated or telling someone he is...

I googled 4kg of drugs street value the other day

Either I'm my local drug dealer (new to the game obviously).
Or
I watched a documentary on drugs.

I google the craziest and weirdest of stuff.. including one words.
I wouldn't worry unless the word divorce was googled too..

I always google words if I can’t remember them too. Separated is a commonly misspell word.

Ok thanks for the reassurance! Didn’t look like he’d clicked any of the links as none were a different colour so maybe it is just that. Got me worrying but I am quite anxious at the moment so thought I might be overthinking it.

I think as it was the word on its own, there is nothing to be worried about and he was checking the spelling

I'd nearly always Google that. Separated or seperated I can never remember.

Yep, same here. I’ve often googled that very word as I can never remember whether it’s a or e.

Thing is he’s an editor so spelling is a strong point of his but he is tired so maybe double checking.

He might have seen it whilst proof reading and thought, that's strange looks wrong, and googled to check he wasn't going mad. I'm a pretty good speller but would do that. His job makes it even more likely I reckon.

It sounds more like a spell check or a search to see different meanings of a word. I do this all the time as the correct spelling is often in the first few results and it's quicker than loading a dictionary and typing into that.

My search history is very colourful, that alone shouldn't worry my husband, if searched the term "threesome" a few weeks ago after my brother said there isn't an e in the end, my husband wouldn't assume I'm planning on inviting someone else to our bed from that alone, is he giving you reason to think he's wanting to leave you?

I regularly google things like separated because I'm never sure if it should be seperated - could be nothing.

but if things are rocky you need to talk to each other and communicate properly not snoop around looking for evidence to use against each other.

make time to talk.

Exactly what @BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz said - I always google to check the spelling.

But you are looking at his search history and feeling anxious so it doesn't sound like you are in a great place, have you considered getting some help?

Same , such a tricky spelling !

Former copywriter here. I always, always, always had to google the spelling of separated. (And practice/practise - those two are the spellings that never really stick.) I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.

Ask him?

As soon as I saw the title I thought it was about spelling. Separate is one of those words that I always end up questioning myself on. I google to check spellings all the time.

I think as a single word you shouldn't worry too much. If I were thing about separating from my partner I would google "thinking about separating", or "separating from partner"... think as a stand-alone word "separated" doesn't mean much. The tense is also wrong from someone thinking about separating as its past tense.