My boyfriend and I have only been together for 7 months or so. We have both exchanged passwords, and he frequently forgets to sign out of his email and social networking sites anyway. The fact that I know his passwords makes me inclined to trust him completely and feel like he really has nothing to hide. Since I know I could check any of his communications if I wanted I have no desire to. Granted our relationship is still pretty new so anything could change, but it works for us. It may also be worth mentioning that I know his passwords because he sometimes has me log in and check things for him. It was never something we discussed or decided was necessary, it was just natural.
Andrew - 14 years ago
We have an encrypted file with everything used by either of us. Even when we don't share a common login to something we know or know where to get the other's password. Often my wife will log in as me and perform or write something on my behalf, and I do the same for her when she asks. Honest and open (and yes, there is a difference), it has worked for 25+ years.
Bob - 14 years ago
For things in common we share passwords.
For personal thing, we don't. We respect each other's privacy
Jon - 14 years ago
I'll tell her if she wants to know, but she doesn't care to try and remember a 26 char long password.
Nothing "formalized" but we (my wife and I) know where we each keep our various passwords recorded. We also tend to use a common password for sites and accounts that we both frequent.
Abi - 14 years ago
We share our computer login password, so we can use each other's computers, and access files if they are on the other person's machine. Our other passwords are not shared.
Mike - 14 years ago
After 25 years of marriage I trust my wife with everything else, why not passwords?
My boyfriend and I have only been together for 7 months or so. We have both exchanged passwords, and he frequently forgets to sign out of his email and social networking sites anyway. The fact that I know his passwords makes me inclined to trust him completely and feel like he really has nothing to hide. Since I know I could check any of his communications if I wanted I have no desire to. Granted our relationship is still pretty new so anything could change, but it works for us. It may also be worth mentioning that I know his passwords because he sometimes has me log in and check things for him. It was never something we discussed or decided was necessary, it was just natural.
We have an encrypted file with everything used by either of us. Even when we don't share a common login to something we know or know where to get the other's password. Often my wife will log in as me and perform or write something on my behalf, and I do the same for her when she asks. Honest and open (and yes, there is a difference), it has worked for 25+ years.
For things in common we share passwords.
For personal thing, we don't. We respect each other's privacy
I'll tell her if she wants to know, but she doesn't care to try and remember a 26 char long password.
Nothing "formalized" but we (my wife and I) know where we each keep our various passwords recorded. We also tend to use a common password for sites and accounts that we both frequent.
We share our computer login password, so we can use each other's computers, and access files if they are on the other person's machine. Our other passwords are not shared.
After 25 years of marriage I trust my wife with everything else, why not passwords?