@Ash I would never ask to look through his daughter’s phone, that’s invading a sense of privacy for her! Her phone is not the issue, it’s WHY he doesn’t want her on the phone (possibly bio mom might call) and conversations may be different than he’s leading on to me, is what I’m batting with, if I’m paranoid or not.
I agree it's weird that he's doing that. Maybe he is trying to prove he is a good "no phones/screens" parent to you, but he's really fine with it when you're not around. Have you talked about screen time as an issue in the past, or is he making assumptions/intuiting what you think based on previous conversations? I think it's ok to address this head-on. You'll love him and her even if she's on her phone sometimes. Maybe he just needs to hear you say that out loud...
@Bonny it’s not that he’s trying to improve on screen time, I’ve asked him about this twice now and his response is “oh I forgot it was in the car”, she asked if she could use my phone to play on it. I politely said no, bc I needed it as a calculator for homework. I asked him “hey can u get her phone out of your car”, he said no she can just use mine.
Girl, get that phone and see what's going on. But be careful because you might find what you're looking for.
A female intuition is like 85% always right. If u can get hold of the phone, then ask him to tell u the truth. This could hurt ur relationship if there's nothing there, but it may be worth knowing. If something is going on. You have to decide if u want to open that door.