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The user, though he understands that his girlfriend might have some unresolved trust issues from a traumatic past relationship, is in the right for not wanting to hand out his SSN. An individual's SSN holds the key to their identity on paper, and if that number makes it into the wrong hands, his life could get a whole lot more difficult.
It would be a slightly different story (but not by much) if she had asked for this information when they first started dating, but they'd already been dating for an entire year. If she was suspicious of his hereabouts and the possibility of a “double life," she would've expressed more concern off the bat. But, even then, going around and asking folks for their sensitive information is not normal, nor does anyone have to actually comply.
You know someone a little bit after spending an entire year with them, but not enough to expect them to put their identity at risk. This is why social security numbers exist—to ensure you are who you are. This user's girlfriend throws an ultimatum at him, but he remains steadfast in his decision to keep his private information private.
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Girlfriend demands boyfriend hand over social security number to run a background check on him after 1 year of dating, girlfriend gives him ridiculous ultimatum: ‘It's just not happening’
There's no information that's quite as sensitive as a social security number. This is a number assigned to us at birth that basically tells the world we are a documented human being, and we are who we say we are in our day-to-day. Readers definitely (I hope) know this already, but it's important to explain in order to understand the gravity of the situation in this story.
The user who posted this story has been dating their girlfriend for one year. In that time, he learned about her past which includes a pretty toxic relationship that ended in flames. Her ex-partner had been living a double life, and because of this, she has severe trust issues. This makes perfect sense. What doesn't make perfect sense, is that after a year of dating the user, she asks him for his social security number so she can have her ex-federal government employee friend run a background check on him. Now, this user has never given her a cause for concern, but even so, asking for this sensitive information is a major red flag. Her past woes should not be placed upon him, and this user refuses to comply with her outlandish request. See how it unfolds below.
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