Deleted Text Messages and Cheating Spouses

Of all of the emails that I get asking about cluesrecycle bin, your text message out, in, or sent
points to cheating, text messages are by far thebox is one of the first logical places to check.
most common topic. People want to know ifWhy A Deleted Text Message Doesn't Mean That
deleted text messages are a sign that indicatesYou Can't Catch Their Cheating. You Can Usually
probable cheating. They want to know if they canRead These: The very crafty and sneaky spouse
read texts that have been deleted. And, theywill usually think that they've gotten rid of all
want to know if there is any logical and legitimateevidence of their inappropriate texts by merely
reason that an innocent spouse would want tohitting delete. This can give them a false sense of
delete texts that are completely appropriate. I willsecurity and they'll keep right on messaging back
discuss all of these things in the following article.and forth and leaving a trail even though they
Why Text Messages Can Be A Cheater's Bestassume they are perfectly safe.
Friend: Spouses who cheat love technology. TheyBut, hitting delete isn't the end of the story. There
especially love text messages because it is anis software that will get these texts and photos
easy, cheap, and immediate way to connect withback and allow for you to read and see them
or communicate with the person who they arewithout a password and even if they've been
cheating with. (They love picture messages also.)erased for a long time. This can be very very
There's something playful and alluring aboutuseful because usually all the gloves are off in
sending a text or picture and getting an almostthese messages. Since the cheating spouse
immediate response. Plus, you can immediatelyassumes that this message is deleted forever,
delete anything that you don't want for yourthey speak freely. This is exactly what you want
spouse to read.to read.
Almost everyone has a cell phone today andI realize that sometimes spouses will swear that
most of us carry them with us everywhere wetheir deleting their texts is perfectly innocent.
go. So, it's not all that suspicious for your spouseThey will tell you that they were just cleaning out
to be carrying one with them and / or messagingtheir files and leaving room. Or they will tell you
and checking email on it. This is a behavior thatthat they just wanted to get rid of things from
they hope and assume will not bring yourwork that are outdated now. Well, any reasonably
attention to their cheating.recent cell phone will automatically delete
But what they don't count on is that usually, evenmessages once the files get full. This is true of
the most laid back spouse will eventually suspecteven the cheapest phone.
that something is wrong or off. And, once thatSo, I rarely believe it when I hear someone claim
little voice in the back of the faithful spouse'sthat a pattern of deleted messages was
head begins to speak and ask questions, thencompletely innocent. Why go through that trouble
suddenly they are noticing every out of place orif you have nothing to hide when this happens
recurrent or excessive behaviors - and thatautomatically? But, if you have any doubt of this
includes your cell.or suspect something, it's very easy to check this
Plus, even if the cheating spouse is very carefulout. And once you find the texts in question, you
to hide their texting, this is the logical first placecan then plug in the phone number to find out
that most suspicious spouses are going to look.who the other person is and who the cell belongs
Other than your email and internet trash can andto.