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nything. Things will likely blow up because you will find something that you didn’t expect to see.There are two basic types of snooping.The first is the snooping out of curiosity, like when I wanted to find out the cologne’s name that my partner wore, so I looked in his shaving kit while he was gone.I could have asked him the name of the cologne that he wore. That would have made sense. But I didn’t do that. Instead, I decided to snoop, which was the excuse that I used to snoop around in his property. And it blew up in my face.In hindsight, I know that I didn’t ask him directly because I was looking for an excuse to snoop. It wasn’t really about the cologne. I felt the need to snoop because I knew in my gut that something wasn’t quite adding up with him; something was off, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.I wouldn’t admit that something was off and that this relationship wasn’t on steady ground. Instead, I convinced myself that his cologne smelled so incredibly good that I had to dig through his private property to find the bottle.It’s incredible what we can convince ourselves of. I should have left while he was out getting pizza. Instead, I snooped and found a reason to end our relationship.The second type of snooping is when you don’t trust your partner.Your partner isn’t going to tell you if they are having an affair, or if they are a drug dealer when they aren’t working at selling fast food tacos or are already married to three other people or if they are internet porn stars. I have dealt with all of these situations, either personally or as a lawyer. Things like this happen.In cases like

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this, it comes down to trust. Many people can’t be trusted. That’s why you are also going to be dishonest and snoop. It’s not just them; it’s also you. You don’t trust them.You snoop instead of asking your partner what you want to know because you don’t trust your partner to tell you the truth. Your relationship is sick. Don’t make it worse by snooping. Walk away.Allow me to save you buckets full of pain and suffering. Take my advice: don’t snoop. Ever.Even if you want to, don’t do it. There is a simple solution. Ask your partner what you want to know. It’s that simple.And if you can’t bring yourself to ask your partner what you want to know, something is wrong in your relationship, and you need to walk away.If you decide that you absolutely can’t follow my warnings and you have to snoop, you need to be ready to respond quickly.Your snooping will likely set a chain of events into action that you didn’t anticipate. You need to be able to act fast to make essential decisions and control the damage. And always take steps to stay safe.The urge to snoop is a sign that there is a problem.Trust your instincts; you have them for a reason.Pay attention to those warning signs and either confront the situation honestly or walk away.<a href="http://lindakowalchek.ck.page">To stay in touch, join my email list here.</a>Linda Kowalchek is a work in progress and a member of the typewriter generation. She spends her time with her husband and her rescue cats waiting for golf balls to crash through their windows. PSA: Don’t live next to a golf course.</article></body>

If You Snoop on Your Partner Be Prepared for the Worst

A warning from a divorce lawyer of 20 years.

I have yet to see a situation where one partner snoops on the other, and it turns out to be a good thing. It doesn’t happen that way.

Instead, snooping snowballs into a massive mess and tends to result in the sudden destruction of the relationship. Allow me to share a few of my own experiences.

My first experience with snooping involved me looking in the shaving kit of a man I was dating.

He went to pick up a pizza, and I wanted to know what cologne he wore because it smelled so good. I went in his shaving kit to look for it. I had innocent intentions; I was just bored and curious.

No cologne, instead I found a baggie of crack cocaine. That was the end of that relationship.

Another time, I suspected my husband was cheating, so I went into his car while he was taking a nap.

I found a bunch of greeting cards from his girlfriend. She wrote love notes to him in the cards that sounded like something a lovesick eighth-grader would write, only far more sickening.

Suspicion confirmed. He is now my ex-husband.

From these examples, you can discover what numerous clients who came to my office over 20 years when I was a divorce lawyer learned the hard way: snooping on your partner is a bad idea, even when you don’t expect to find anything. Things will likely blow up because you will find something that you didn’t expect to see.

There are two basic types of snooping.

The first is the snooping out of curiosity, like when I wanted to find out the cologne’s name that my partner wore, so I looked in his shaving kit while he was gone.

I could have asked him the name of the cologne that he wore. That would have made sense. But I didn’t do that. Instead, I decided to snoop, which was the excuse that I used to snoop around in his property. And it blew up in my face.

In hindsight, I know that I didn’t ask him directly because I was looking for an excuse to snoop. It wasn’t really about the cologne. I felt the need to snoop because I knew in my gut that something wasn’t quite adding up with him; something was off, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

I wouldn’t admit that something was off and that this relationship wasn’t on steady ground. Instead, I convinced myself that his cologne smelled so incredibly good that I had to dig through his private property to find the bottle.

It’s incredible what we can convince ourselves of. I should have left while he was out getting pizza. Instead, I snooped and found a reason to end our relationship.

The second type of snooping is when you don’t trust your partner.

Your partner isn’t going to tell you if they are having an affair, or if they are a drug dealer when they aren’t working at selling fast food tacos or are already married to three other people or if they are internet porn stars. I have dealt with all of these situations, either personally or as a lawyer. Things like this happen.

In cases like this, it comes down to trust. Many people can’t be trusted. That’s why you are also going to be dishonest and snoop. It’s not just them; it’s also you. You don’t trust them.

You snoop instead of asking your partner what you want to know because you don’t trust your partner to tell you the truth. Your relationship is sick. Don’t make it worse by snooping. Walk away.

Allow me to save you buckets full of pain and suffering. Take my advice: don’t snoop. Ever.

Even if you want to, don’t do it. There is a simple solution. Ask your partner what you want to know. It’s that simple.

And if you can’t bring yourself to ask your partner what you want to know, something is wrong in your relationship, and you need to walk away.

If you decide that you absolutely can’t follow my warnings and you have to snoop, you need to be ready to respond quickly.

Your snooping will likely set a chain of events into action that you didn’t anticipate. You need to be able to act fast to make essential decisions and control the damage. And always take steps to stay safe.

The urge to snoop is a sign that there is a problem.

Trust your instincts; you have them for a reason.

Pay attention to those warning signs and either confront the situation honestly or walk away.

To stay in touch, join my email list here.

Linda Kowalchek is a work in progress and a member of the typewriter generation. She spends her time with her husband and her rescue cats waiting for golf balls to crash through their windows. PSA: Don’t live next to a golf course.