reading someone's phone

I don't do it, I don't know if I would had I any reason to do so (if you don't want to find anything disappointing why look for them? Besides people don't really have anything interesting anyway), and obviously all important things i have are encrypted.

Have I ever snooped before? Sadly yes. I did so with a former partner hence the former bit. It is not a decision I regret given the circumstance and what I found. I just wish she could have been open and honest in the first place. It would have saved a world of hurt for the both of us but ha these are the lessons you learn when you are young and silly.

These days if I ever feel the need then I go and talk to the person about it instead.

We've been married for almost 4 years, and together...probably about 15?

I don't really *need* a private area, she's my rock. And if there's ever anything that needs addressed, we just do it.

That said, sure, I poke around, but not because of jealousy or anything. It's just kind of a nice way to see her more casual side with other people that I don't really ever get to see. (Having 3 kids and a crazy life schedule leads to more online friends than real friends, it seems).

She reads my conversations with my best friend when we text at night, and rolls her eyes at all the nerd stuff going on.

Maybe I would be much more reserved and not do it if we weren't so close. In this day and age, phones are pretty much extensions of someone's life. And until they open up and offer it, I think I'd be inclined to think of it as part of that secret self that they may wish to keep to themselves until trust is built.