Snapchat location

Bell1985

Hi all

Just wondering how accurate Snapchat location is ? My boyfriend was supposed to be at his workplace but his location said he was 3.5km away from that location in some housing estate can that be right? Now I have trust issues he broke my trust last year when I was pregnant by signing up to a one night stand cougar dating site but said he only did it as a joke so this is why I’m now on edge! I started trusting him again but a few times this has happened so not so sure! Please advise Snapchat users

Thanks

amdublin

I wouldn't be relying on a Snapchat location tbh.

But I'd be questioning that you are looking at it and worrying.

Have you ever got support/counselling about your (understandable) trust issues

Ciano35

It can be hit and miss. Sometimes it’s accurate to the house but just looking at my location now and it’s saying I’m about 1.5km from where I actually am.

aaakev

I find its hit and miss too. Ny mate was in my house one day and his location was shown as the other side of the town a good bit away. I also find it doesn't track but is more so a shot in time of when a person opened the app, so if i was walking past the shop and opened the app then closed it and went home it would still show me as being at the shop....

Bell1985

amdublin wrote: »

I wouldn't be relying on a Snapchat location tbh.

But I'd be questioning that you are looking at it and worrying.

Have you ever got support/counselling about your (understandable) trust issues

Thanks very much for your advice, yes and things started going right until he signed up to dating site as a joke that threw me tbh

Bell1985

aaakev wrote: »

I find its hit and miss too. Ny mate was in my house one day and his location was shown as the other side of the town a good bit away. I also find it doesn't track but is more so a shot in time of when a person opened the app, so if i was walking past the shop and opened the app then closed it and went home it would still show me as being at the shop....

Thanks very much for that

Twenty Grand

It only updates when you open the app.

He may have been driving through, or it may have been completely off.
Sometimes it puts me in the sea, even though I'm about a kilometre away.

Now, that said most of the time it pinpoints me in my house. Same with the lads I live with and a few friends who have location on.

Bell1985

aaakev wrote: »

I find its hit and miss too. Ny mate was in my house one day and his location was shown as the other side of the town a good bit away. I also find it doesn't track but is more so a shot in time of when a person opened the app, so if i was walking past the shop and opened the app then closed it and went home it would still show me as being at the shop....

Ciano35 wrote: »

It can be hit and miss. Sometimes it’s accurate to the house but just looking at my location now and it’s saying I’m about 1.5km from where I actually am.

Thanks very much for the response ya it said he was 3.5km just thought that was a lot off

Bell1985

Twenty Grand wrote: »

It only updates when you open the app.

He may have been driving through, or it may have been completely off.
Sometimes it puts me in the sea, even though I'm about a kilometre away.

Thanks for that! Ya it said he was about 3.5km away and he said he was at work

JJayoo

It's usually pretty accurate, take a note of the address and see if he goes there often. As soon as he finds out about the location setting on the app he will knock it off.

amdublin

Bell1985 wrote: »

Thanks very much for your advice, yes and things started going right until he signed up to dating site as a joke that threw me tbh

Doesn't sound like a funny "joke" tbh.

How did you find out about him being on the dating site??

Ursus Horribilis

Do you believe that he signed up to the dating site as a joke?

Bell1985

JJayoo wrote: »

It's usually pretty accurate, take a note of the address and see if he goes there often. As soon as he finds out about the location setting on the app he will knock it off.

Thanks I thought that

Bell1985

amdublin wrote: »

Doesn't sound like a funny "joke" tbh.

How did you find out about him being on the dating site??

Well I saw him looking at something the night before I just happened to be coming up behind him and he didn’t notice me but popped out of it as soon as he realized so the next day I had a look at his phone bad I know but I had to know if what I saw was right confronted him and he laughed saying I set that up to see if you trusted me and he set another one up a few months earlier he said I didn’t even know about that one and he just told me, I said so why did you do it again I never knew you did the first time and he had no answer! He just said leave it go and trust him or we won’t be together, I was pregnant and scared of doing it on my own so stuck with him. He is a great dad

Bell1985

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Do you believe that he signed up to the dating site as a joke?

Honestly no but I was pregnant so I stayed

lawred2

You may or may not have reason to be suspicious but I wouldn't waste one second on a relationship where I got to the point of being suspicious.

And equally I wouldn't want to waste one second on a relationship where the other party had got to the point of being suspicious.

amdublin

This is going to be it for the rest of your relationship. You are going to be checking on him constantly.

Is this what you want for your life/relationship?

zapper55

He either joined the dating site as a joke when his girlfriend was pregnant or because he wanted to. Both are ****ty.

You say he's a great dad but kids will pick up on a tense environment. He could still be a great dad if ye were separated. And you wouldn't have the headwreck.

Twenty Grand

To your original question: Snapchat is usually very accurate but sometimes it's not.

It only updates when you're on it.

Regarding the rest of your relationship, you're going to have to make the choice to trust or not to trust. No one here can tell you what choice to make, given they know nothing about your relationship bar what you've said in the first post.
Follow your gut, follow your instincts and remember there are plenty of support available if you choose to ever separate.

I personally wouldn't make a decision based purely on Snapchat.

Martina1991

aaakev wrote:

I also find it doesn't track but is more so a shot in time of when a person opened the app, so if i was walking past the shop and opened the app then closed it and went home it would still show me as being at the shop....

Twenty Grand wrote:

He may have been driving through, or it may have been completely off. Sometimes it puts me in the sea, even though I'm about a kilometre away.

Bell1985 wrote:

Thanks very much for the response ya it said he was 3.5km just thought that was a lot off

I find snapchat location quite accurate when im on it.

If he was supposed to be at work he wouldn't be driving through an estate.

3.5km also sounds like a good bit to be off when most phones these days have good GPS.

Jessie Belle

I think snapchats accuracy doesnt really matter does it?
The real question is do you trust him and relationships are near impossible without this.

John Sacrimoni

The location has always been accurate in my experience. He was defo not in work.

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Google isn't that accurate m it had me located 20 minutes walk away from where I was in the city centre.

Like others have said you have other issues to deal with other than location.

Dial Hard

Bell1985 wrote:

He is a great dad.

Is he a good partner though?

nikkibikki

I have family members who live on a small island. Snapchat would sometimes put them as being on one of the neighbouring islands a few km away by sea. Somewhere they'd prob only visit maybe twice a year. Other times it shows them in the part of the house where their bedroom is.

The excuse that he set up the cougar account as a joke and to see if you trust him is complete horse manure. You know that too I think. What you saw arose your suspicions naturally enough and it was a ****ty thing to do. Him I mean there. It wasn't a respectful thing to do.

I honestly don't think there's much point in continuing the relationship. You obviously don't believe him and it seems fairly clear he is lying. You don't trust him. It seems justifiably so.

Eric Cartman

Checking his phone, asking if tracking him by snapchat is location accurate or not.

Please OP talk to a professional, this behaviour is never justified and I think you really need help.