What will his excuse be...?

[Exittotheright]

Took my OHs car yesterday to go shopping, not unusual, it's bigger and easier to put the bags in.
Stopped off to collect my DS from the train station and was a bit early so grabbed a free paper. Looking in the car for a pen to do the crossword and what do I find but two mobile devices in the glove box. Never seen them before and he's never mentioned them before. Obviously not switched on.

I knew we'd be popping out together this morning so I was trying to think of a legitimate reason to open the glove box.
He said he needed new tyres on the car so I offered to get it done today as it's my day off knowing the locking wheel nut for the wheels is in the glove box! He starts rambling on about where the locking wheel nut could be, might be in the boot etc and I pointed out it's often in the glove box so why not check there first as we're both sat in the car. He then starts saying I'm in the way, which I'm not so I make a joke about it and said I'm not standing out in the cold for him to look. He then practically laid on my lap obscuring my view of the glove box while he makes a fuss about looking inside. All very strange. The locking nut is the found and glove box quickly shut. The locking nut is then handed to me. No surprise then when I go back out the two devices are still in the glove box. I will be taking them in the house later when I get home to ask what they are for.
I can't possibly think of a genuine reason to have two extra mobile phones in the glovebox.
I really don't need any bullshit fucking excuses.

He is cheating or selling/taking drugs. Agree with PP, take pictures of what you find so he can't gaslight you

You know why. Why bother playing silly games with him?

@Regularsizedrudy I'm not interested in playing silly games I just like to know exactly what I'm dealing with

I have two phones a personal one, and one for work. My work one is usually left charging on the side, in the kitchen on an evening and weekends. I don't see why anyone would hide phones. Could he be looking after it for a friend, selling them, Christmas gifts, old phones he upgraded from. Just trying to find a reason for not telling you. It sounds fishy

Good luck

Did you have any luck switching them on? Very intrigued as to the explanation behind this...

Are they smart phones or old style mobiles?

It’s not the best hiding place if it’s something dodgy and you use the car sometimes, don’t know if that means it’s innocent or he is just careless. Good luck

I have two old phones in the junk drawer in the kitchen that I brought downstairs to have repaired and then forgot about. I also found two others in a drawer in the garage that I had forgotten about. There's nothing sinister going on here so it isn't a forgone conclusion that he is up to no good. That said though, is behaviour in obscuring the glove box does sound odd.
Good luck, I hope you get to the truth.

Good luck OP, I hope it's nothing. It's definitely weird though, the first thing I thought was dealing drugs x

I've popped home to get charging leads and power packs, for some reason the one in the car wasn't working.
The only thing I can think of now is that his mum has just moved house and had some old bits of his still at her house, maybe they are from that but it's the odd behaviour in the car this morning that's making me suspicious.

They are smart phones but look quite old.

I'm going to plug them both in now and go for a drive while they charge up

Definitely have a look at both phones if you can - if you simply hand them over you will have to accept his explanation which will never be good enough in this situation. I would try everything possible to get those phones unlocked. Good luck and I'm sorry this is even happening to you

Sounds very dodgy.

It definitely seems very dodgy OP. An ex of mine went to a massive palaver of "losing" his phone. He made such a big deal of it. Posting on social media, retracing his steps etc before admitting defeat and buying another one. He decided to change the number rather than keep the old one which I thought was odd. He put the new number in my phone and deleted the old one. You guessed it, a couple of weeks later I found his old one in his car, with a couple of unread messages on the screen which were blatent replies and recent. I didnt tell him I knew initially. Just looked at it for a few days so I had evidence it was being used. When it all came out I asked why he went to so much trouble and why he didnt just get a second phone for his lady friend. His response? There were too many apps and women and it was easier to change it with family and friends! Amazing hey.

I have a gazillion old phones lying around the house, some in my bedroom drawers, some in the kitchen. (Thinking about it the one in my underwear drawer could look suspicious i suppose!), They're just old dead phones I've never got rid of. I hope this is a similar scenario. It does sound a bit suss with him trying to obscure your view of the glove box however

I hope it turns out to be innocent op. 2020 has been shit enough.

Men who are cheating can have a spare phone but why two? This could all be explained in a way the OP may accept so am looking forward to the rest of this one. ( I have old no longer in use mobiles sitting a drawer and have been too lazy to do the recycling thing but I am not a man. )

Well you now have the excuse of putting the locking wheel nut back to have found them.

I'm sorry but it doesn't look good since he acted so oddly about not letting you in the glove box.

This fills me with dread for you. I caught my DH actually using a phone that I immediately recognised as a second one.

Thought I would find porn , but no, evidence of EA , dating apps . He had kept it in work and in his car.
Hope this does not turn out badly for you, bit I understand why you would want to know for sure.

This could be completely innocent, but you will know by his reaction straight away. I have an ex that was doing dodgy deals, if you see what I mean.. had another phone. But I really hope it’s just old phone etc.
Sending love x

DSiL found a phone in DBiL’s gym bag - old style phone, not smartphone. That prompted her to snoop and ultimately she found an old SIM card and phone credit card dating back to 1999. He’d been cheating with prostitutes for more than 20 years.
Hope the OP’s phones are ancient relics and nothing more.

Also, asking about the phones (or indeed turning them on) doesn't put you into crazy partner territory.

I very much trust my husband, but if I found a phone I didn't know about anywhere in the house or car my default response would be to ask where it came from (in fact, he works at a phone shop and I may have genuinely asked that question before now).

I'd also not think twice about charging a phone I found, especially if someone has recently moved house. If he accuses you at all, you could say you were charging them to see if they worked to trade in.

The fact that he tried to obscure your view of the glove box isn't good.

Right, all charged and both switched on. Both old, 2014/15 was the last time they were used. No sims in either
I can only assume they were in the stuff his mum gave him. Not sure why he felt the need to make a fuss earlier. Wondering if I should still ask him about them?

It's nice to see an innocent outcome op. I'd probably ask but I wouldn't get too bogged down with this one if they're from his mum's. Could you be reading more into him blocking your view because your suspicions had been raised?