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Everyone deserves some degree of privacy, even in a committed relationship.

While Reddit user EcstaticGarden9961 understands this, he decided to breach that of his boyfriends.

Now, hes left grappling with the moral implications of his actions and the painful truth he uncovered.

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Such secret surveillance can perpetuate even more secretive behavior in the relationship.

But many still do.

Yes, it could mean that you have tangible evidence that your partner is being deceptive, Howes says.

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However, its also possible our partner hasnt done anything and were just paranoid.

Rather, we should think about why were feeling suspicious of our partner in the first place.

Do they have a history of lying and cheating?

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Have they given you a reason to think they might be hiding something from you?

If so, we should instead attempt to bring up our worries in a mature, non-confrontational way.

However, relationships can be messy, and theres no one magical solution for every couple.

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