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Do You Snoop On His Smartphone? [EXPERT]
Are you a snooper?

Do You Snoop On His Smartphone?

Why it's never OK to look at someone's emails without permission.

In the age of cell phones, text messaging, emails and social networking, there seems to be a pandemic going around, and it's affecting the entire world.

Technology-Age Love: Is It Okay to Check Cell Phones?

Technology-Age Love: Is It Okay to Check Cell Phones?

We all have things on our cell we'd rather not share. What does this do in a relationship?

We are all guilty of having things on our cell phone that we shouldn’t or that we’d be embarrassed if our parents or niece/nephew found. Admit it, you do! I know I have sexually explicit text messages, pictures of naked anatomy and some emails that would make the eyes melt out of some people’s heads. I am also guilty of having my 11 year old cousin pick up my phone without me knowing it and look through my pictures—OOOPS! Is your phone on lock down; attached to you at times?

Woman opening closed door

Should You Snoop If You Suspect He's Cheating?

How to confirm (or not) your suspicions of infidelity

What to do when you have that sinking feeling that yours is not the only pillow your man has been fluffing? When you listen to that Whitney Houston "It's Not Right, But It's OK" song and suddenly find yourself relating to it? Should you just ignore it? Or go Jessica Fletcher on his ass and start snooping around, looking for concrete clues and confirmation that his recent interest in personal hygiene and the number of times he "accidentally" forgets to turn his cell phone on are actually indicators that he's cheating on you?

Surprised woman with hands over mouth

Snooping On Your S.O.? Be Prepared For What You Might Discover

7 surprises that playing detective could turn up.

Yeah, we know, snooping is wrong. It's unethical. It demonstrates a lack of respect and trust. But it's just so hard to resist! Here are seven shocking things you may not want to find out about when snooping on your S.O.

sneaky woman

Woman Fired For Running Background Checks On Dates

Skipping Google, an English woman taps into dates' police records.

A community support officer began her work for the police with a man in her life but, when that operation soured, she began "googling" prospective manfriends using the Police National Computer, which became pretty addicting. Per an investigation, the woman once looked up a man 151 times in a single month. Her secret mission ran aground when she let it slip to one gentleman caller that she'd checked out his personal information on the old computing machine.

changing him

The Links: Ultimatums & Changing Him

Faking orgasms for a good reason, getting revenge with a hooker and do guys snoop?

Why a guy's number (or a girl's) has to be baloney. What to do if he's boring in bed. What college-aged women don't care for in bed. Maybe faking an orgasm is OK from time to time. Getting even with an ex using a Craigslist escort. Do men snoop on their ladies? Poker star Vanessa Rousso tells you how to tell if a guy is lying. It is possible to change a man. When is it appropriate to bring up the past (sometimes never)? Are all dudes intimidated by tough cookie women or just timid dudes? Why are girlfriends-on-the-side unable to keep quiet? And are celebrity wedding vow renewals terrible or what?

Snooping

To Snoop Or Not To Snoop?

Snooping on your partner is nosy and an invasion of privacy, but is that always a bad thing?

When a live-in ex started "working late" and getting snippy with me on the rare occasions he was home, perhaps I should've gone through his wallet or dropped by the office to see what was up. Maybe I would have noticed that he'd started schtupping his coworker.

mother-in-law confessions

5 Things Your Mother-In-Law Won't Admit

Her vow of silence when it comes to you and her son.

Mama's boy or not, your husband's mother had first dibs on your guy even before you were old enough to walk, let alone say "I do." Now that you're married, there are a few things she'd like you to know about the man you now call your own.

woman finding boyfriend's dirty laundry

5 Things You'd Rather He Hide Away Forever

There's a difference between dealing with his dirty laundry and digging up real dirt.

What would make you run screaming from your man’s apartment? Have you ever found any of the following items? Did you stick around long enough to tell him why you won’t be sleeping over anymore?

getting over a divorce

How Snooping Helped Me Survive Divorce

Reading his diary helped liberate me from our marriage—after he left.

Snooping—reading his email, logging into his Facebook account—is generally a recipe for disaster. But for one woman, find out her husband's secrets was the key to getting over her divorce. "The pain of reading his diary was oddly liberating. Once I got past my disgust, I couldn't lose what I didn't have. And if that was the man I was married to, I thought, I didn't lose much. In actuality, reading his diary may have been one of the best things that have happened to me. It made me see that he was never really there for me to begin with. I didn't have to worry about how I was going to make it alone. I'd been alone all that time and just didn't realize it."