by Benjamin Cottrell
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Even in the closest marriages, there are still lines people don’t expect their partners to cross.
So when one woman’s husband casually read her incoming text before she got the chance, it set off an explosive conflict over privacy and assumptions.
You’ll want to keep reading for this one.
The other day we were in the car and my phone was connected to the car’s Bluetooth.
That’s when her husband crossed a major boundary in her eyes.
A text from my dad popped up on the car’s screen and my husband tapped the button to make the text be read out loud.
This really annoyed me and I immediately let him know that wasn’t okay.
It might have seemed like a small act, but to her, it was a big deal.
The text wasn’t a big deal, but I don’t feel comfortable with him hearing it before I’ve read or heard it first.
I let him know that it’s not even fair to the person sending the message — they intended it for me, not expecting him to read it.
Her husband is dismissive of her concerns and thinks it’s not that deep.
He thinks I’m being “weird” and implied I’m hiding things from him, which made me even angrier.
We have been together for 22 years and have raised 3 kids.
But she still thinks she deserves a little privacy.
I’m not hiding anything from him, but am I not entitled to any amount of privacy?
AITA?
Even in a long marriage, she still needs a sliver of space that feels like just hers.
What did Reddit think?
Being married means understanding your partner is just as much of a flawed human being as you are.

This commenter thinks her husband really did violate her privacy here.

Some fights just aren’t worth picking.

Even married couples should be entitled to some privacy.

At the end of the day, all this woman wanted was the simple courtesy of reading her own text messages first.
Being married shouldn’t mean automatically sharing everything.
If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.
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