Does a husband have the right to read his wifes diary?

peaches

No they do not. A diary is a personal thing. if she wanted you to read it she would give it to you to look at. I've kept a diary for the past 12yrs and my husband has nevver dared to reeaad mine. Dont be nosey!!!!!

*Xx Ashleigh xX*

nope unless she says so.

HTF HAVE I GOT THUMBS DOWN FOR SAYING THAT^^^
what a bunch of idiots... so in effect the people who gave me thumbs down are basically saying 'its not alright for someone to do something you have given them the permission to do'

sean t

Not really unless you have something to hide, best to be honest and put all your over thoughts into the diary.

Watching in Westminster

Only a man with bad morals would read her diary. Nobody has that right except the wife.

Jana

NO. He must respect his wife's privacy. Just the fact that they are married doesn't make the wife his property. She is still her own individual person who needs some private space - like a diary.

angi_tinkerbell_fairy

No one has the right ot read anyones diary, whether it be your childs, your partners or your grans!!

Its a personal book for personal thoughts

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jonnyboy92003

A right? No. But think about it...the person who shares your life, who is closest to you in the whole wide world keeps a diary of their most intimate thoughts? Who is not going to want to read it???? Its way beyond curiosity.... So, tell them to do it online with a password you can never guess. Otherwise, I'm sure for most people, they are going to find some moment when the temptation will prove just too great...to err IS human, after all......

lollypop

No. That is like going through their wallet. They don't like that do they.If he reads your diary go through his wallet.

solitary

No. My hubby asks to read mine if he sees it and to say no gives them something to think about unfortunately, so it is a tricky one! But no, I'd say he does not actually have the right no more so than a wife would have the rigt to read her husband's diary if he had one.

cyranonew

It's in his own best interest not to read her diary - he probably will not like what he finds there.

Morph

Only if he wants a divorce , i guess

lynn18050

NO of course not, just cause you are married does not mean he can do that.

why would he want to? I can only imagine he must be insecure to want to do that.

lil emm

just because your married does not give someone the right to do that! unless he was a very paranoid person and thought you was cheating or he just wants to see what you think personally

Lady T

No coz its something private!

Brent W

no - but that does nto change the fact that I've periodically been reading my wifes.

she has been somewhat on the edge - i have a better understanding of where she is holding and what is going inside her head.

guys are just curios, and a bit jealous i guess

midnight_dreamz80

no he does not..unless you let him.

Schuutz

I want to know how she has the time to write a diary in the first place. What is she doing out of the kitchen???

minerva

no..unless she has been sectioned under the mental health act in which case it may be helpful to give it to her medical consultant

The Lost Elf

No , no one has that right.

Tracy M

No.

DorothyGale

The husband doesn't have the "right" to. He doesn't own her or have control of her. The wife isn't smart if she writes down anything that she wouldn't want him to know though. If anything ever happened to her, of course someone is going to read it.

jamiemcc89

no one does

sugarpie2

WELL, IN MARRIAGE, EVERYTHING IS yours together, including the money. not his or just yours

GIZMO

Only if she lets him read it. On the other hand, she should have no secrets from him if they have a secure marriage

Broke Brock

This is a late answer and probably won't be read... but I guess I just felt compelled to share my opinion...

What is so wrong about being completely open with your spouse? Why does everyone have to keep secrets or try to hide things from their significant other?

I'm all for a person's right to privacy -- I don't mean to imply otherwise -- and when it comes down to it, NO, a husband does NOT have the right to read his wife's diary.

But what I don't understand is why a wife or husband needs to conceal things from the other. I am sure there are personal emotions and feelings that are written down in a diary that are probably more honest than one would ever be able to speak... but that should be all the more reason to share it with the person one has vowed to spend eternity. Honesty and openness are the foundations for a successful and long relationship and I just don't see any positives in having something that keeps these foundations locked away.

OOO K 611

bwah-ha-ha

I would say that everyone has a right to privacy including the keeping the content of journals, and diaries private.

But, it's also human nature to want to know what other people are thinking, and it's probably even a stronger desire for a spouse to want to know what their partner is thinking.

So if a wife does not want her husband to read her diary she should keep her expectations on a realistic level, and not leave it in a place that would tempt her husband.

In other words, she shouldn't set her husband up for failure by leaving it in a place that he would find it.

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No definately not.

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A diary read by a husband, is only as good as its hiding space. If you have nothing to hide, what is wrong with him reading it? Otherwise you need to keep your diary in an online journal so he can't read it.

wordykat

No way its private

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