Establishing clear boundaries around privacy is crucial in any relationship. However, couples often struggle with how much privacy is logical, fair, or expected in a healthy relationship.
Should you have the password to your partner's phone? Are "Find My Phone" and other location trackers thoughtful or invasive? Should you have privacy in a committed romantic relationship at all? These are all valid questions, and many couples struggle with seeing eye to eye when it comes to phone and privacy etiquette.
Without question, open communication and closeness are fundamental to a happy union. However, respecting one another's privacy is also important. No one should ever feel as though they have to share every thought, every piece of their personal history, or every interaction with their significant other without facing retribution.
Take a look at what other couples are doing, what is asking too much, and when privacy becomes something more damaging.
Couples who enter therapy and are working through challenges with privacy........