Is checking your partner's phone a healthy practice?

A healthy relationship is based on love, respect, trust and faith. All of which when provided from both ends results in a healthy and happy relationship. If you have these main ingredients in your romantic relationship, no matter what the situation, your relationship with your partner will never break. When two people decide to get married, it is very important to have transparency with each other just how you started a relationship on a clean slate. Being transparent to each other doesn't mean you don't maintain your personal space. It only means that you don't deprive each other of your life updates, whether professional or personal. Your partner should know of the people in your life, your work commitments, your personal dreams and goals and vice versa. It is only then when you both can help each other out to communicate better and help each other out when need be.

01/ This is what Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has to say

All of this can go for a toss when there's a communication gap between the two. When you and your partner can't talk about certain things thinking that you will be judged for what you say or do. This is because somewhere, the trust is lacking. And when a married couple doesn't trust each other, it results in all kinds of suspicions. You must have heard of those typical situations where either a wife gets into the habit of checking her husband's phone like a suspicious wife or vice versa. Let alone layman, even Aishwarya Rai Bachchan once got asked if she checked her husband, Abhishek Bachchan's phone like a suspicious wife. And her answer blew people's minds. She denied to royally by saying that she's never done that and never will.

02/ A psychologist's perspective on it

This is what is called having trust in your partner and living by it. A marriage is based on a lot of aspects and acceptance of each other's flaws as well. But when the trust is broken or weak, it can result in drastic things between partners. And if you still wish to hear it from an expert, we got in touch with a psychologist who answered if checking your partner's phone is healthy or not. This is what Puja Dedhia, a psychologist and co-founder of ListenWorks explains, "Being in a relationship involves two individuals. So the first step to resolve the issues is by having open communication about the worries that a partner may have about the status of their relationship instead of playing the blame game, as this would further deteriorate the relationship."

03/ Practice open communication

She further continues to say, "Depending on how you feel after having this open communication, you can think of the next step ahead instead of directly checking the phone without communicating your concerns, as this would be one form of betrayal of trust towards your partner."

Now that we're clear on this aspect, you must work on strengthening your relationship with your partner and learn to communicate more instead of being suspicious.

from LifeStyle