I (24F) went on a hike and my bf (27M thinks I’m cheating now. How can I prove a location glitch?

A Reddit user shared a frustrating situation where a location glitch during a hike has her boyfriend convinced she’s cheating. Despite providing evidence of her activity, he remains skeptical. Now, she’s seeking advice on how to clear her name and repair trust. Read the full story below to learn more.

‘ I (24F) went on a hike and my bf (27M thinks I’m cheating now. How can I prove a location glitch?’

I was at Mt. Umunhum from 8:30am to around 11:30am doing an 8 mile hike. My location is always shared with my bf (he won’t share with me) and I always tell him who I’m going with and what I’m doing. I was with a childhood girl friend the whole time. She can confirm that I was on the hike with her the whole time.

But my map (regular Apple text location sharing) showed me at some random house probably like 10 miles away!!! I don’t get how that could have happened. And now he thinks I was cheating.

My oura ring shows that I did 20k steps between 8:30 and 11:30, my apple health app shows that I did 7 miles, it shows that I did 6k steps in the hour that he looked at my location and it was wrong. I have pictures from the hike but he thinks I changed the timestamps on them.

My google maps timeline wasn’t tracking my past locations so I don’t have that to show him. The driving route I took to get to the hike wasn’t even close to where my location said I was. It doesn’t make sense and I don’t know what to do to prove to him that I didn’t go to some random persons house.

And I didn’t see the screenshot he sent of my location until I got back to the car a couple hours later so I missed my chance to send him a snap of what I was doing at that moment and prove I wasn’t at that random location.. What do I even do???.

TL;DR: Apple location sharing glitched when I was on a hike in the mountains and showed my location at some random house like 10 miles away. Now my bf thinks I’m cheating.

Let’s dive into the reactions from Reddit:

pinjooo −  You can jump through as many hoops as you can to prove your innocence, but there’s probably a different reason that he’s making accusations and yet refuses to share his own locations…

RamKay33 −  This relationship was doomed before the hike cuz what!?!

fatherjohn_mitski −  girl this is genuinely insane. 

CoverHaunting −  First red flag is the fact you’re sharing your location to your bf who doesn’t return the favour. Let alone the fact he doubts your character enough to not believe you and can’t take the inconsistencies in the apple health app and oura ring as a sign something technical went wrong.

whatdoblindpeoplesee −   My location is always shared with my bf (he won’t share with me). Let me just stop you right there.
OP, please read and reread this section as many times as it takes.

MumblingMak −  You are asking the wrong question. It shouldn’t be “how can I prove a location glitch?”, it should be “why am I trying to prove a location glitch?”. Sit and think for a minute.. Edit: spelling

tdasnowman −  He’s insecure and controlling and unwilling to do the same as what he asks for. This isn’t a good person.

slide_into_my_BM −  He’s 27 and this insecure and untrusting? Girl, get some standards. My wife and I don’t even share our locations with one another and neither of us have ever had that as a requirement for a previous partner.

duckvimes_ −  Why doesn’t he share his location with you?. (Because he’s cheating)

1eyedsnakes −  What do you do? Get rid of him.

Have you ever faced a situation where technology betrayed you at the worst moment? How would you handle a partner’s doubts stemming from a glitch? Share your thoughts and advice below!