Credit Card Statements

How to catch a cheating spouse

       Credit card statements can be helpful but you have to know exactly what you're looking for.  The obvious things like gifts are the first things you want to look for.  Charges at a jeweler or department store that you cannot account for should be red flags.  Just don't get ahead of yourself.  If you have a birthday or annaversary coming up you may be the recipient of these gifts and you just don't know it yet.

       The next thing that you are looking for is hotel rooms.  There is probably no reason for your spouse to rent a hotel room when they have a perfectly good home available to them.  If they were not missing on the night of the charge, you can safely assume that it was just an afternoon or evening spent in the room with someone else.

       Another possible sign that you are being cheated on could be dinners.  Charges at a restaurant that you were not present for is a pretty good lead.  These dinners could be with a friend or coworker and if you ask you will almost certianly get that response.  A better approach is to suggest that you go to that restaurant.  Then in passing mention that you cannot recall when you last went to the restaurant.  Ask your spouse if they recall the last time they were there.  If you have never been there together you may mention that a friend told you that it was good and ask if your spouse has ever been there.  There is no reason to think that you are on to them so they will most likely not admit going to the restaurant and make up a lie.  By not making up a lie because they feel in is not nescesarry they may in fact be giving you all the information you need.

       If you haven't turned anything up at this point your partner may be very clever, or may be innocent.  To find out which one it is you may need to do some spying.  Its time to get a friend to keep an eye on them.