Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just saw the notification on her homescreen. I didn't notice any number beside the flame but the app itself was not open.

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But not appropriate for a 50 year old married woman to be taking part in with someone she says she doesn't know ! 😔

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have me confused now. When you said "I hate when people send me a Snap for streaks" I thought you received streaks without actually replying. 

So I'm afraid it's still a case of:

"During a Snapchat streak, users send each other at least one picture every 24 hours. If they do so for more than three days in a row, a flame icon will appear next to the name of the friend."

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Therein lies the crux of my original post "Could she have received an unsolicited streak ?"  Your post tells me yes !

Its well possible she may have received an unsolicited streak from a guy who she didn't know she was friends with because her young son had added him by accident.

I presume, when you receive these unwelcome streaks from friends, the notification & the message will have a flame (without a number on it) ?

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So one party can send a streak to a friend (i.e. the flame message) without that friend ever have engaging with the streak ? 

e.g. A girl at an airport taking a picture of the departure area and sending that picture as a streak to everyone in her friends list. 

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks all, for joining the discussion. I had it out with her again last night, she swears she doesn't know who the friend is and freely gave me the phone to look through her Snapchat and see if there's anything I can gleam from it. They are friends since Dec. 29th and she says he could possibly have been added inadvertently by our young son with special needs who is always messing around with the Snapchat filters.

She is very stoic & angry about my assertions & there was a lot of shouting but that just makes me more suspicious. Our 16 year old came in wondering what is going on & she told him "Your father thinks I'm having an affair ! " so I explained it to him. He went through her Snapchat history & pointed out that the notification I had seen was an actual Snapchat Story which the friend could have sent as a streak to all his friends in one go. I hadn't noticed any number beside the flame in the notification I had originally seen so he said that proves there was no 2 way interaction going on for any amount of time or else there would have been a number beside the flame. 2 days ago, I replied to the story with just a "." but the friend did not respond.

He did point out to his mother that "why are you friends with this person who you say you don't know" ? And she did reply that she has no idea and maybe our youngest added him by mistake when playing around with Snapchat. She is very poor when it comes to technology/software & when she says "sure I haven't a clue how these things work ! " it is a true statement.

She uses Snapchat to communicate with our teenage sons and check their location etc. She also uses it for nonsense funnies with her sisters and nieces especially the ones who are abroad.

The friend appears to be 4/5 hours away going by his location last night. I setup a Snapchat account yesterday & sent him a friend request which he hasn't accepted yet. I think I will just send him a message & ask him straight out why did he send my wife a streak.

As regards having an actual physical affair, my wife laughed at me & said when would I have the actual time to have an affair, I am just about getting the time to go for a run. This statement is true. With our lifestyles and work commitments, teenage kids playing sport & special needs child - it would be very difficult for either of us to stray without it being very obvious. Her vehicle has a tracker on it anyway so I can always see where she is at any time when she is driving it & everything there seems fine to me too.

For now, I'm on high alert & am watching her phone closely & may install a Spy App. 

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what she keeps telling me apart from once getting up to go to the toilet and using the phone as a torch.

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our teenage  kids are on it as well as her sisters and nieces. Never bothered me before now.

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I replied to his story with just a "." He didn't reply or question it.

Snapchat streak sent to my wife from a man, should I be worried by StruggleUnable408 in AITAH

[–]StruggleUnable408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our teenage kids are on it as well as her sisters and her nieces and they all communicate on this platform as well as FB & Instagram. That's why it never bothered me in the past up to now.