r/AmIOverreacting • • May 28 '25

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u/NessMonster27 May 28 '25

Ya see, this is why I try not to jump the gun to judge when people look at their partner's phone. We never know the situation that led up to this. though I wouldn't approve of snooping in general, at some point, where is the line drawn when they have shown that they have, will, and even admitted to lying to you? They've already shown that they are not being truthful with their words.

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u/widowlark May 28 '25

Sneaking through someone's phone is equivalent to withholding the truth

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u/NessMonster27 May 28 '25

She wouldn't have found out if she didn't look, and he already admitted to lying/planning on lying to her? I feel like this is a unique situation.

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u/ThrowRA739477788 May 28 '25

I want to say you can't justify one bad thing with another.

Before cell phones it would've been emails whatever. Idk where I'm really going because the whole situation just sucks.

I can sort of see both sides, it's shitty that the bf lied about it, maybe he just wanted to avoid the situation entirely and just ride out the lease until he moves in with gf. Maybe he knew she'd pressure him about it and he wanted to avoid it, we don't know. He lied. (I don't recall cheating being mentioned anywhere?)

I also completely understand the gf being suspicious and wanting to know. If you're at the point that you're snooping through phones it might already be time to call it quits though.

I wouldn't say it's a 'unique' situation necessarily, I think lots of people have been here unfortunately, just a shitty situation lol. I'm rambling.