December 28, 2013 9:13am by David Farrar

Checking the partner’s cellphone

Husbands and boyfriends, beware. Kiwi women are twice as likely as men to go snooping through their partners’ mobile phones without permission.

A survey of 2144 mobile phone users by market researcher Canstar Blue found 13 per cent had secretly looked through their partners’ phones. Women were twice as likely as men to do this.

People aged 18 to 29 were the main offenders, with 26 per cent of them admitting to having had a sneaky peek. Those aged 30 to 44 were not far behind, on 20 per cent.

I’ve lost count of how many people I know who discovered their partner was cheating on them by checking out their cellphone. Well into double digits. Very easy way to get caught.