Would you look?

Though you made the right decision I am sure I am not the only one who would have had a second or two of thinking the same as you did. Everyone is curious especially about some one our loved ones are involved with. A question though do you ever get the tug to look in their draws and cabinets?

I wouldn't do that , why would be curious on people's stuff !! that have been hiding in somewhere in a wallet or wherever !! what if he saw you !!! OMG that would be really bad he would think in something else !!

I wouldnt look in his wallet. Like you said that is a huge breach of trust there. I mean most likely he would have the same thing that most people would have in their wallets. I wouldn't want someone to go through my purse, so I couldnt imagine doing that to someone.

It´s funny but when I thought of it, I think that I wouldn´t have had any curiosity. Those are not the kind of things that arouse my curiosity. There was a post a day ago about our parents having read our diaries when we were little. Everyone that answered had passed through that pain. I did too. And that experience taught me forever what privacy means. My youngest daughter was very messy when she was young. She lost the key of her diary so she broke the seal and left it half open. I never looked. I would think anyway that a wallet is not very interesting.. Happy posting!

you're good indeed, it's good that you were not tempted in looking his private belongings afterwards you will not feel guilty of something but when you opened it, i know that you'll feel guilty afterwards.

Good heavens, no! That is a definate no no in my mind and what's in someone's wallet or purse is nobody's business but the owner's. Remember one old saying the next time you get curious.....curiousity killed the cat! I think you should consider yourself lucky that your common sense took over and you didn't look because what if your son-in-law or daughter would have seen you? I bet they would have been hurt or mad and telling them you were just curious wouldn't have helped.

No, I won't let my curiosity over power me. It is just not right to check on others personal belongings. I will just put it away and hand over to the owner the next day.

macdingolinger hi no indeed that is breaking a trust between you and your daughter and son in law. thats just not done besides if you'started to look And got caught you would be more embarrassed' than he would and he would probably be angry.and rightfully so. really that is none of your business if I maybe blunt.

No I will not do that. Whatever keep in the wallet is his privacy. It's not polite to take a peek. Worse, if he find out, he'll be very displeased. This can taint your relationship not only with him, but your daughter too. I know you mean no harm but the other party might not think that way.

Not at all! Remember "do on to others as you wish them to do too you". That is really a big volation in my book. I wouldn't want anyone going thru my pocketbook or wallet so I would never do that to anyone else. I don't have any type of curiousity when it comes to someones wallet or pocketbook.

Well, good discussion here. No, I won't. I certainly do not want to open a can of worms - if there are any. It's also an subtle invasion of people's privacy. Besides, I don't want others to peek into my personal stuff intentionally or not, so I'll not reciprocate. "Curiosity killed the cat", but a cat has nine lives - so they say.

no, as i wouldn't want others to do that to my wallet too. i wouldn't get anything looking into his wallet. in case i uncover something, i might be tempted to confront the husband in defense to the wife who is my daughter. if i don't see anything there, that fact will just haunt me having intruded into someone else's privacy and would feel guilty. i might be curious but i should act against doing it.

I would not look. But I too would be very curious. I would almost be afraid to see something that would not be for my eyes. It is a privacy issue and I would not want someone to do it to me so I would not do it to someone else.

Can you imagine getting caught doing something like that? You are a guest in their home, and that kind of behavior just might get your butt kicked to the curb! When you breach a trust, it can ruin the relationship forever. I do wonder, however, what it might have been that tempted you in the first place? What possible thing could he have in his wallet that would be of any interest to you? Was it something he said? Something he did? Something you suspect? You cannot replace a mother/daughter relationship; tread wisely and honorably my friend.

Well i cant say i would or wouldnt depending on what was i that curious to even think of looking to begin with. Now My ex i did it to him all the time because i had my reasons and i told him the next morning i did he never got mad and even after i found another girls number and even called the girl to find out who she was and she told me they was talking and so forth and of course i confronted him on it and surprised he didnt deny it of course he told me the truth which i was fairly mad about it and upset but i also respected him for telling me the truth and not lying about it. But as i said i cant say that i would or wouldnt just depending on the reasons why i was that curious to even think about looking in the first place.

I see everybody here is a saint claiming they wouldn't look.. But anyway in my case it would depend what the wallet looked like really. If it was suspicious looking then hell yeah I'll have a quick peep but I'll make sure nobody sees me doing so Normally I don't snoop around other people's stuff but if the wallet happened to be where I was about to sleep then yes I admit I'll have a look.. I might discover something very interesting! Its got nothing to do with trust, if you found a wallet anywhere in the street wouldn't you have a look so you see who it belongs to and attempt to give it back? I know invansion of privacy but you weren't invading, you were invited when he fogot it there in my opinion

Its a good thing that you were not able to see it, its not a good thing at all. Keeping a good manners is still the best.

I certainly can say that i would have been tempted, but would not have looked. I think it is in human nature to be curious, but curiousity is a two edged sword. One one side, you might find absolutly nothing of interest..but then you feel the guilt of having taken the chance to look, hoping to find something interesting, or else you will find something bad, that you really wished you hadnt found, and that is even worse, because then you not only have the guitly scret f being a snoop, you have to hide whatever it is you found out!

mother n law you did the right thing. not only would it have been a violation of trust but also a violation of privacy. i know that you all may get along well and all but is a no no. i wouldn't have looked and not only that i would have placed it at there room door to remind him not to leave it laying around. you may want to think about something else. what if the situation was that he left it just to test you anyway? wouldn't that be something. Good looking out mother n law i'm proud of you. :)

I would have wanted to look as I like having a nosey at things like that but I don't think I would have done it. I'd feel too guilty!