Does anyone track their husband’s location?

[Lana20]

Hi everyone I was just wondering if anyone uses a tracking app to check on their husbands? I don’t but all my friends do and they think I’m crazy not to. Is this normal? My husband just tells me where he’s going and calls me but apparently that’s not enough lol.

Sometimes we turn on our life360 if we are driving long distances for safety but that’s about it. It’s helped a few times especially when I’m lost and he’s helped direct me to to somewhere when the satnav was being a bit arsey

I didn’t realise there were so many women at home making dinner and having it ready for their man to come home. 🤣

As a family we use Find My Phone. I don’t consider its use stalking or controlling. I look up DC1 to see if they’re in their uni house and therefore free for a chat, DC2 as they’ve just started driving and DH as he’s rubbish at letting me know when he’s on his way home. If I’m picking the DC up, I tell them to use it and see where I am before calling me to ask. I suppose if I distrusted any of them I might use it more.

No.

We don’t normally realise if we’re going to be late or not until we’re in the middle of our commutes. We could take the time to pull over, but this way we don’t have to and we prefer that. So from our perspective the not texting or calling while driving is one of the reasons tracking works so well for us.

No, I would never track him, and he wouldn't want to track me either, as far as I am aware.

Erm no 🤣 we both work from home, he spends most of the day in the next room, unless he's in the toilet, we don't have a lock with having young kids so I could just go and check on him. I'm not sure tracking him to Asda or the kids 50,000 hobbies or the school run would be that thrilling or a good use of my time or energy. He does go running though so technically could fall in a ditch I guess, he does try to show me his route on strava when he gets back and I couldn't give a shiny shite about that hill that really slowed his pb, or the stretch he's currently winning 🤣. If I want him (usually to add to a shopping list in Asda) I ring him, tracking him wouldn't be much use when we need more butter.

I track mine, he’s also been chipped so if he’s handed in to the local vet or shelter they can call me to collect him.

Nope. One of my very close friends tracks his wife and kids and I find it uncomfortably controlling and freaky.

I never tracked my kids either. People are entitled to privacy.

Same. In fact it was our DDs that made us join Life 360 and added us onto a family group. I certainly don’t sit around monitoring where dh is, I don’t use it to go over his location that day or anything like that. We find it useful just to see where the other is from time to time in case one of us is on the way home and the other is prepping dinner etc.

I had a controlling ex who absolutely would have used this if it was around then. I'll never track anyone and I won't consent to being tracked either. A call or text can tell you where someone is

Absolutely not

I wouldn't. It's very intrusive. I'm sure you wouldn't like it either. IMO it's also a sign that you're relationship isn't where it should be anyway if you're resorting to bugging them. You can't make someone be honest with you if they don't want to. Feeling like you don't trust them and issue in itself

Yes...but not intentionally! We created a 'family circle' thing on Life 360 app when our kids started secondary school.

Inevitably, husband and I use it more to find each other than the kids.😆 He gets me to track him when he's collecting me from work, I know the exact turn in the road he gets to, that is my signal to pack up my stuff.

When he had to come and find me in hospital once, he got really muddled but used it to find where I was. (Which side of the building at least!)

So, yes we do track each other but it was intended more for the kids as they were navigating their new found routes to school. It has ended up being useful and practical.

We don't 'track' each other, nefariously. We've been married for a loooooong time and neither of us are insecure in the relationship.

No. I think it’s batshit and it’s scary how normalised it is to so many people.

DH and I don't track each other. I'd be ok with it but he's not keen on the idea and I respect that.

Why is this insane? It’s very practical. Both DH and I get home late, so we cook and eat late. We also pick each other up at the station. It’s practical to know when he is on his way home as I know the timings for when I have to leave to pick up and put dinner on (not have to as in he will demand it to shut down the references to 50s housewife).I find it more intrusive to constantly text and ask when he is on his way home. We don’t text or call much, just check in find a friend works for us. Nothing controlling about it and no I am
not a 50s housewife. We both work outside the home alternate days.
I think tracking is only controlling if the person tracking is controlling. It can be practical.

I used to. DH had told me some pretty big lies at one point in our marriage and I didn’t trust him, with good reason. He knew I was checking where he was and was happy with that as it made him more accountable. In fact it didn’t actually help me to know where he was, as that isn’t the same as knowing what someone is doing. That way madness lies. So I stopped. He has worked through his issues and we have rebuilt trust now for the most part.

We have find my on our phones and use it if we need to know how long until they are home for dinner and stuff.
tbh, I like it because if something bad happened, I’d want the police to know where I was. Surely that’s a good thing

I do too, we have about 10 people on 360 because we live in different places and it’s handy when visiting or you’re all out and about so you can find each other without phoning (e.g at a festival or loud gig). It’s nice to see what others are doing on holiday too, like you’re there! And then just the simple things like having the door open when they’re coming over, putting the kettle on when they’re on their way etc.

It wouldn’t say where you were, it would say where your phone was last.

No. Not my husband nor my older children. Never have. They keep me updated if they are going to be late in for dinner or something.

I have it for my family. It is very useful when picking people up, knowing what time they will arrive etc. Its not even used weekly.
A phone call won't help because my husband and I can not answer phones at work and we have phone calls switched off when driving!

But it won’t say where you are, just where your phone was last pinged.

I tell my hubby to stop calling me to find out where I am (driving home late at night) just find me on find my phone