I never had any location sharing with J set up even when she was a teen and a novice driver. If she left somewhere while I was not home, the expectation was for her to text me upon departure from home and again upon arrival at location and the same on the way back. More often that not I would be back before she returned anyway.
Any further sharing seemed demeaning and I wanted there to be trust and not compliance by surveillance. I would always let J know where I was if not at home and by when I would be back. It felt like that was a reasonable standard for her as well. Once she moved out, such information sharing has stopped - we live too far apart for any of this to have meaning or value. Interesting reading about location sharing habits folks have grown up with it and how that transfers over in relationships
..many others who have grown up sharing their location with parents and friends, being on others’ radar screens—or maps, rather—seems perfectly normal. Location-sharing has also become common among married couples who find it helpful for timing dinner to a spouse’s ETA. For newly minted couples, though, the decision to share locations isn’t always easy.
Twenty-one percent of respondents to a surveyLife360 conducted last month of 1,000 app users who were dating or in a committed relationship said it’s a deal breaker if a potential partner isn’t willing to share their location. It’s even more critical for younger daters; of the approximately 150 Gen Z respondents, 30% said not sharing locations is a relationship killer. Almost 60% of participants said sharing locations signals the relationship is official.
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