One of the biggest fears of anyone in a long-term, committed relationship is finding out that their partner has been unfaithful. It's a dilemma as old as time, but today's technology makes it possible to cheat in a whole new variety of ways. Steve Harris, Ph.D., director of the University of Minnesota's Couple and Family Therapy Program, explained in an interview with the Institute for Family Studies that modern digital media lifts many previous barriers to infidelity. But that same technology also leaves a digital footprint making it easier for the offender to be caught red-handed.
Here are a few stories shared by Reddit users explaining how they caught their own significant other cheating. Of course, these are just for fun as we can't independently authenticate them.
She showed me a picture of my own boyfriend
"I met a girl at the start of the school year who was telling me about her boyfriend in another city that she'd been dating over the summer. She mentioned his name, which was the same name as a guy that I'd dated at the exact same time. Curious, because two girls dating a guy the same name and another city seemed weird to me, I asked if he was cute so she'd show me a pic.
"Turned out it was the same guy. He was also involved with four other girls, one who lived in Canada. To this day, I'm not sure whether or not I'm surprised or impressed." - Redditor onethatgaveyougold
They left unsent messages in the drafts folder
"It was the initial change in behavior and then quickly closing browser windows as I got closer to the screen. Gathered some info by reading the browser history. Once I found some red flags like an e-mail address I didn't recognize I got more suspicious. I installed a keylogger on my computer and got the info on her new email account.
"She thought she was being sneaky by never hitting send, they just shared a drafts folder and left each other messages there. I printed them all out and when I was finally ready for the confrontation I asked her point blank about the emails I found. She told me it was her old college account she forgot about. I excused myself from the room came back with a folder, printed out all the emails and said 'Oh really?' and threw them on the dining room table. She offered me an open marriage and we could stay together, I declined." - Redditor myusernameisnot4u
I accidentally picked up his phone
"He worked nights and had recently had his car repossessed, so I was giving him rides to work. I showed up at his house about an hour or so before his shift started and began the process of waking him up so he could get ready to go. I sat down and picked up my phone. The text messages were already open but none of the conversations looked familiar. It dawned on me that I had picked up his phone by mistake (we had the same exact type of phone).
"I found a goldmine of evidence in his texts. He had been wooing some girl and trying to talk her into moving in with him and offering to pay her truck payment (no idea how, since he couldn't even make his own car payment). I was livid of course. I popped my card in his phone and copied the whole conversation, then transferred it to my phone for safekeeping in case he tried to delete it and deny it. I then texted the girl and asked her if she knew he had a girlfriend. Of course she didn't. He had been playing both of us." - Redditor Lydious
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