Answering your partners mobile

[Gibbo]

What are your opinions on answering your partners mobile if they are not there and it is ringing? Are you invading their privacy? Should they not bother as they should have nothing to hide? What do you think?

[maximus29]

I think it is totally acceptable to answer your partner's mobile. If they're receiving phone calls that they don't want you to now about, then they shouldn't be your partner. What's wrong with people trying to be helpful anyway?

[Hahabonk]

Absolutely always answer it - if your partner is up to no good its up to you to find out and for them to find out about you! if they are not up to anything then they won't mind you answering their phone (I guarantee it) therefore any partner who doesn't want you answereing their phone must have something to hide.............

[Doolallygirl]

I would not only expect my boyfriend to answer my phone if I wasn't present, but I'd encourage it. Not only that, I answer my friends mobiles too when they aren't around even if I don't know who is calling. Especially if we are in a pub and they have a REALLY irritating ring tone. Definitely answer the phone. If he/she was expecting a private call they would have taken their phone with them.

[I.R.]

Well, I get really irked when I call a friend or colleague, and someone else picks the phone. And if my boyfriend insists on reading my texts, well, he's asking for trouble! I don't do it, either. It's an invasion of privacy.

[K99]

My opinion is to not answer the phone. Just incase it is your partners **** buddy or person whom they are having an affair with. That way you don't spoil your partners fun and the person they are shagging's fun.

[FelixtheDog]

I cant stand the sound of a ringing phone so if I see one that's unattended & ringing, I simply press the 'reject call' key to shut the dammn thing up. It goes to messagebank after all so in the end, the caller is happy, the phones owner is happy (ignorance is bliss) & I am happy coz the phone's stopped ringing

[bigmama40251]

Although it may be tempting you may be getting into something that you might not want to find out about if your mate is as scandoulous as the ones that I have had in the past. I wouldnt unless you are totally sure about your mate.

[joshmanno]

I dont see the fuss about this issue. Once you call someone your patner, especially if you've sworn for better for worse, there should not be any thing hidden.Nothing like privacy again. So, if there is nothing hidden from each other, you can answer you partner's call irrespective of the caller.

[iLikeFeet]

i dont want people to tell me "pelase anser my phome if it rings." they tend to take the phone evereywhere and claim how important a call might be but yet they want me to anser it.

[dorisday]

If neither of you have anything to hide, there should be no problems answering each others phones. However, if my partner said something like, don't answer it, I would begin to worry. And answer it at every opportunity.

[pinkcandy]

ok youre all crazy people just answer the phone for goodness sakes!

[Francis Asis]

why don't you ask your partner what you should do if their phone rings? That way you'll know.

[natalie_1982]

Because if your partner was there you woudn't need to answer the phone. Relationship rules, I thought, meant that you have no secrets, so there should be no problems in answering their phone. Unless, it's because it's a lovely big secret surprise for me!!!

[Azimov]

It seems that the answer to the original question (as I see it) is... It depends on who the mobile belongs to. It depends on your relationship with the owner. It depends on how comfortable you are taking messages for the owner. It depends on how comfortable the owner is having you answer his or her mobile! It depends on whether or not you can truthfully say "I'd allow or want someone else to answer my mobile" It depends on proximity. It depends on trust. It depends on familiarity. But most of all... It depends on how annoying the ringtone on their mobile is and just how long you can stand it before you throw it against the wall!! I guess it just depends!

[Bohne]

I have no problem with answering my husband's mobile phone and no problem with him answering mine. Why should that be a problem? He's answering the normal phone, too, and I certainly don't have 'special' people that only call me on the mobile!

[mycatis]

I think answering the phone is ok but NEVER read their text messages (unless they want to show you a particular message ) Dont know why, I got nothing to hide but would freak if my man raked through my phone / texts and I would feel like a horrid sneak if I did it to his.

[RainbowBrite]

I dont agree at all! This is your partner, if you have any kind of decent relationship you're not going to mind them answering your phone if you happen to not be around when it rings, then the person calling can at least leave a message with a human being!

[RainbowBrite]

sorry the i dont agree at all bit was a reply to the message on the bottom of the last page- didn't realise it went on to a second one!!!

[Kettle_Head]

It seems that just about anybody in my household picks up my mobile should it ring! Here's the rub though: Will my wife become suspicious if I express displeasure at this? (BTW it doesn't particularly bother me, but have wondered what reaction I might get)

[sweetheart]

Emm... it depends on how long you've been together. Newbies - answer it! You need to know as much as possible about eachother! But if you've been together donky years, then naaah, you just kinda trust them, and their privacy don't you! And besides, he/she wont mind too much when you've not been together long because you don't want to start petty fights already.