Dh has text me from a different number.

[Sickandanxious]

Please be kind. I'm sitting here feeling sick to my stomach and feeling panicky. I'm hoping that I'm mistaken and that there is an explanation for this happening.
I sent DH 2 texts one after the other with different questions. He answered the second question but not the first which I thought strange but maybe he was just busy with work.
Later he text me with a question to which I answered. A bit later just as I got home another text appeared in answer to the first question I asked.
This is what's weird. The text was from a different number!
He has recently bought new phone and changed his provider but has kept his number so how is this possible?
I didn't mention keeping my cards close to my chest MN style and hoped it would all become apparent and that it's something to do with his new phone etc.
I've had to look on his phone, the second msg he sent me isn't there so I think he may have royally fucked up and maybe he has a second sim or phone?
I know I shouldn't have looked on his phone but it's making me feel so ill.
What an I do to check? If I put the number in my phone and there's a WhatsApp attached will a photo come up and will my number then show on that phone?
I'm not at all tech savvy.
I don't think I'll sleep tonight.

Finding the cardboard envelope the sim came in is the quickest elimination process.

Looking back on old message threads between DS and me I can see that for the first two weeks I was getting messages from both numbers and had two different message threads going on.

Sometimes you need to be patient with people Slippery. I don't have to answer any questions I don't want to. It's not a juicy gossip fest. This is rl and someone feeling shit and vulnerable. If it's not feeding your needs then simply move on.

Thanks @MrsPerfect12 I’ll get him to look at it tomorrow. Hopefully what you’ve suggested works. 🤞

In what way? I'm not very techy so you'll have to excuse me!

It's normal when changing providers, this happened to me and I could message people because the contacts were saved to my phone not the sim. He sounds like a scumbag though.

Some phone are dual sim so would have two numbers...one phone

I'd say it's the new phone thing.

That does happen because the new phone has to be activated before they port the old number over which can take 48 hours.

Why would your DH go to the trouble of typing your number into a new phone?

Does he even know your number off by heart? Nope, probably not.

Thank you so much for your help. It does all seem a coincidence so your probably right! I'll mention tomorrow.

@Sickandanxious when the new provider posted the new sim it would've been in a cardboard cover approximately the size of a credit card, this will have a sticker on it with the new phone number. Who is the new network provider? I'll find a picture for you so you know what to look for.
How long ago did he get the sim?

It sounds like there are more red flags than just the phone number!
As someone else just said, could have dual sims in the same phone and has messed up?

I've just googled and it say "if you check the notification panel and there are 2 network indicators, the phone has 2 sims" hope that helps

Damn clever use of a burner phone if he manages to reply to a question sent to one phone from another. Also, do you spend your entire days asking each other text questions?

Do you never communicate with you OH during the day? I do 🤷‍♀️

How recent was the porting of the phone number done?
Anyway worth you checking the random woman's name in his favourites unless ot could be a work colleague?

I've pm you.

I’ve had this happen this month when I changed provider. When I rang someone it was on my original number but text messages and FaceTime came up on the new number even though I had transferred my original number to the new provider and they had emailed to say that the transfer was complete.
I contacted the new provider and they sent instructions on how to go into my phone settings and reset the new sim to my original number.

Who said it was an entire day?!!! 😂😂

today my husband told me when we were on FaceTime I showed up as two phone numbers - one being the number I’ve used forever and recently ported to a new network 4 months ago. The other was random.

he showed me his call log and right enough, it shows these two phone numbers

What happens in a normal relationship, where you’re not immediately suspicious of your life partner, is to go “Hey DP, weird thing - your texts are coming through on 2 numbers” and you then clock their reaction if it seems out of the ordinary. But usually it won’t be.

If you’re generally so suspicious/mistrusting of your DP that you won’t trust any of their reactions then you need a fundamental rethink of the relationship as a whole.

@Sickandanxious i replied. I hope you're a bit reassured. Lot of other posters have had the same thing.

So let’s speak about elephant in the room…are you worried that husband is playing away from home?

If you add the number to your phone he will not see you have added it to your whatsapp so by all means try that and see if he has a profile pic on it. Also could he be using the new sim to text z other woman if there is one in which case it may be the same number as the phone box says and u will think oh was just a network error but actually he could be using the sim in the old phone?

What's the make and model of new phone? I've done the same thing myself with a dual SIM (deliberately, to reduce roaming charges) whilst abroad. You just flip between both numbers on the same phone and it's really easy to make mistakes.

Dual sim phone?

I'm more concerned that he openly asked your permission if he could cheat on you...