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ExNameForUse 53F
4243 posts
1/27/2024 12:40 pm
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Plzrmeister 67M  
10455 posts
1/27/2024 12:55 pm

People would get so bored listening to my calls or reading my texts that they'd fall asleep and do a face plant into their soup.

I hear ya .... Nothing juicy would be coming across my 'Black Box''. Are we allowed to text anyone else at the table just to make it interesting?

Make Women Female Again


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 12:00 pm:
Now it makes me wonder what would you text and to whom at that table?

drmgirl622 68F  
26110 posts
1/27/2024 1:19 pm

I would beg off the game. I have a diverse group of friends and for good reason. I don't believe it would be good for the clash of the two worlds.


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:58 am:
That's fair enough, Dreamy. Sometimes it is better not to mix what can not be mixed.

alwaysassertive 64M

1/27/2024 1:31 pm

If someone wants to look through my phone and check out all the photos, and text messages I won't have a problem. While I'm a private person and maintain a level of confidentiality, when I interact with people. There's nothing on my phone that would compromise me in anyway or embarrass me.
If you're in a relationship and you are hiding personal information, or actions that another wouldn't approve. You might want to reevaluate your relationship. Withholding security or confidential business information is something entirely different. I've been privileged to business and government information that will never be discussed with anyone not directly involved. None of which I possess in document or electronic form.


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:57 am:
I do agree with you whether it is about private or business information. In my company, I am known to be the one where the gossip stops and the one who does not share any personal or business-related info with anyone.
My phone is always unlocked... that is about me and something I might want to hide.

grywolf2 73M
3110 posts
1/27/2024 1:36 pm

Sounds like an interesting movie. You bring up an interesting question.

"Sometimes I wondered if he left the phone unlocked, in front of me, with the proof of his cheating available... on purpose... do people want to get caught in their wrongdoings?"

Sometimes hiding things in plain sight makes them harder to see or perhaps suspect.


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:53 am:
That is also true, grywolf... maybe that was what he was thinking... maybe he didn't expect I would take it and check it myself... but that gut feeling has been eating me for nearly two years... maybe I even hoped I won't find anything... who knows...

NoNonsense_Dom 70M  
1538 posts
1/27/2024 1:53 pm

Well Ex, you raise a very interesting point. For me, I have nothing to worry about because I have never cheated in any way on a partner, and I never will. My integrity is very important to me, and it is the ONLY personal trait/characteristic that can't be taken away from me, but if I fail to do the right thing, it is something that I can blow in an instant. Without that integrity, how can I be trusted by others.

Now you raised the point of supposedly knowing your partner. For the majority of couples, most have secrets that they failed to tell their partners because of a number of reasons, and the biggest of those reasons is fear of being judged or embarrassment. I have had them just as you and others have had them. We don't want to really let them out, but if our partners stumble across them somehow, I won't lie about them and will explain them. The choice I have is to tell or to lie, and given I think highly enough of that person to want to be in a relationship with them, I will tell rather than lie, and I think most people will fall into this category, but others will lie which is not a good thing for the relationship.


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:49 am:
There is no such lie that can be a better choice of a truth no matter how bad it is.
Cheating is just something you don't do to someone you have chosen to build a relationship with. If there is something wrong or you want to move on, the only right way is to address it.
Remaining in a relationship and enjoying all its benefits while cheating at the same time... not something anyone should be proud of.
I was truly sad and devastated when I found that out even if my instinct had been telling me that for quite some time then...
Integrity is everything.

Dave54321 61M
2718 posts
1/27/2024 2:07 pm

Well Ex,
on British TV there is a comedian, Michael McInyre. On his Saturday night
show, he has a spot called "send to all."
He has a guest on, they might be an actor, a singer, comedian, TV personality.
He gets them to hand over their unlocked phone, he then makes up a text
message, that he sends to all the contacts on the phone!
He then reads out on television the replys that come back.
The replys can often be quite funny, but I think it's very brave of the guest to let
him do that.
Of course some of the contacts are close friends, but some might be people like hairdresser, gardener, garage, cleaner, etc.


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:44 am:
Well, it sure is brave as you can never know what response you would get from who...

JohnnyLightning 65M  
9672 posts
1/27/2024 2:27 pm

Nobody has or gets access to my cell phones, nobody.

Howling at the moon and mal ad osteo.


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:43 am:
Fair enough.

wantingnoregrets 64M  
805 posts
1/27/2024 2:39 pm

    Quoting drmgirl622:
    I would beg off the game. I have a diverse group of friends and for good reason. I don't believe it would be good for the clash of the two worlds.
Drmgirl you are so right in describing my situation. All of my worlds would implode followed by an explosion and heaven only knows where all the pieces would land


brandygirasol 55T
9433 posts
1/27/2024 3:17 pm

Well My Dear Ex❤️ ....I certainly would not want anyone going into my cellphone😳.... Ha☺️


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:42 am:
I wouldn't want it because I simply don't like anyone messing up with my private things but if that happened, sadly, nothing interesting would be found there... maybe some photographs saved and picked up from somewhere not even naughty, but different so that could be something someone could find juicy, but in my opinion - not really

1benquick 71M
614 posts
1/27/2024 4:40 pm

'Sometimes I wondered if he left the phone unlocked, in front of me, with the proof of his cheating available... on purpose... do people want to get caught in their wrongdoings?'
I think COWARDLY people do exactly that, to avoid having an honest conversation with their partner that, in their mind, the relationship is over, and they've already found someone new. It's a SAD and HURTFUL world when people feel the need to do those sorts of things...as Billy Joel sang;
'If you search for tenderness
It isn't hard to find
You can have the love you need to live
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind
It always seems to be so hard to give

Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you

I can always find someone
To say they sympathize
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve
But I don't want some pretty face
To tell me pretty lies
All I want is someone to believe

Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you

I can find a lover
I can find a friend
I can have security
Until the bitter end
Anyone can comfort me
With promises again
I know, I know

When I'm deep inside of me
Don't be too concerned
I won't ask for nothin' while I'm gone
But when I want sincerity
Tell me where else can I turn
Because you're the one that I depend upon

Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you..." 1978 form the "52nd Street" Album

It's NOT impossible to find, and becomes very disheartening and discouraging, and it DOES get more and more difficult to find someone who will offer, and follow through with, total disclosure and HONESTY.


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:39 am:
Great tune, benquick, thank you for sharing.

I agree with you about that other thing. We are not all the same, yet some basic respect should be there even if we see ourselves out of that relationship. But sometimes I think people hope that even if caught they will be forgiven, hence continue with their double/triple-faced lives... so they try and see how it goes.

DancingDom 74M
22588 posts
1/27/2024 7:05 pm

I think many folks cheat, becasue they want to end a relationship sand allow themselves to be caught. They don't want to be the one who initiates the break up in an overt manner. Of course some cheat becasue it is their nature. If they get caught, they think so what, there is someone waiting in the wings. More and more, I see the younger generations having an expectation that their partner is going to cheat and that it is OK for them to do so too. No concept of propriety. No real understanding of loyalty, trust and honesty. I understand open relationships are different, but a so called monogamous committed relationship hardly seems to exist anymore. Just give me one honest, trustworthy, loyal, happy lady and I am going to be the same to her. Odds of that happening seem to be diminishing for me.

"One Big Sky Covers Us All Equally"


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:35 am:
I feel the same as you said in your last two sentences, DD. For some reason, loyalty has become a rare virtue.

jenny14 75T  
90348 posts
1/27/2024 8:09 pm

Ex

I too would NOT play that game , nor would I really want to pry into serets my friends wish to keep secret...

I agree though that is it better to confirm something like cheating!

I sometimes dream of being "caught" and not having to hide this side of me...and leave little clues


A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

Jenny


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:32 am:
Jenny, I am with you - I wouldn't be happy to play the game as I wouldn't want to witness someone's possible embarrassment...

manni_pr 52T
2609 posts
1/28/2024 4:13 am

Hi Ex,
Wow! Great topic and great answers.
In my opinion, I do not think many people would play that game, unless it is someone who wishes to get caught ...badly! ...or someone who knows (or think) is clean and wants to learn other people's secrets.

I think most people in this technological era must have probably gone through a situation similar to yours and who have had your same concerns or have been on the other side of the table from your. I cannot blame you for having such thoughts, but if I wonder if one picked up that phone and we do find anything, would one ever be able to trust again. Ideally, we would rather have the difficult conversation and not having to resort to sneaking around, but then again, this is not an ideal world. There are too many humans in it. I cannot and won't judge, but I do hope you do not have to go through something like that again.

And since most folks here, for some strange reason, jolted and felt like they needed to explain whether their phones had to be pried upon, yes, anyone can come and check on mine.


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:31 am:
I feel the same about my phone, manni. It is without a lock or password, anyone can see or read what is in there.
About checking up on someone's phone - I would rather go with a difficult conversation, but whenever I have raised the question, I have been gaslighted, which has been a sort of a confirmation of what my instinct has been telling me.
The fact that the phone has been left with all the stuff in it tells me that either he didn't care if I found it all out or he wanted me to find it out and eventually at one point end the relationship. Either way, not the way to do it.
No, there was no trust after that.

bdsmDOMdaddy 61M
4163 posts
1/28/2024 5:51 am

I saw that movie Ex it was funny drama thou l would never play not that l have anything to hide l don’t want to be open w vanilla people l like having a darker side alter ego! lol
I think they wanna be caught as they feel trapped & are too scared for various reasons to say how they really feel...a woman’s instinct is uncanny very accurate!
tight squeeze firm pat kiss on forehead Ex enjoy your weekend girly!


ExNameForUse replies on 1/28/2024 11:24 am:
Awww I am glad there is someone who saw the film... thanks for your thoughts, dear BDD!

Artschoolgrad 47M
8719 posts
1/31/2024 5:41 am

i would be boring. nothing salacious or intriguing ever passes through my phone.


ExNameForUse replies on 2/1/2024 9:48 am:
I think we all have something that would be interesting to somebody else because people simply love to stick their noses into other people's lives

rydermantel 69M
25388 posts
2/1/2024 1:22 am

Not for me.


ExNameForUse replies on 2/1/2024 9:48 am:
Whatever you say


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