Ladies, don’t lie. You’ve all done it before. Your boyfriend is in the shower and his phone is taunting you while being on the nightstand beside you. You’re curious. He has been on his phone a lot lately, smirking at it every so often. Is he hiding something? Is it another girl? Is he cheating? Your mind wanders and the suspense begins to build…should YOU snoop?
In the Webster Dictionary, “snooping” is defined as the act of looking or prying especially in a sneaking or meddlesome manner. While this act may seem harmless to some, it may cause great damage to others. Snooping is a very controversial subject; some find it very wrong, while others find it okay to do.
Realistically, it is not exactly the right and moral thing to do, but some women find ways to justify their acts of snooping.
Karyssa King, 18, of Swampscott, Massachusetts thinks snooping is not as bad as people make it out to be: “I don’t think snooping is bad nor does it mean I don’t trust my boyfriend. It simply satisfies my personal curiosity and actually does make me feel a whole lot better. Looking through his phone and seeing that nothing is there is an incredibly satisfying feeling and reminds me that my trust is well-founded.” Many people believe, that if they have any suspicion or evidence, they should be able to snoop on their loved ones.
However, many people find snooping to be very wrong. If your loved one finds out that you have been snooping on them they may begin to question the amount of trust you have in them and they will think that they have absolutely no privacy.
Taylor Maccario, 20, of Nahant, Massachusetts says that “Trust is a hard thing to gain, and even harder to get back once it’s lost… Snooping is never healthy, nor satisfying in the long run. If you’re gonna “snoop”, maybe you should reevaluate your relationship and personal happiness.”
Many people have very strong opinions about whether or not to cross the line of snooping. Now ladies, before you grab his taunting phone off of the nightstand, think long and hard. Should you snoop?