I am curious what people do with cell phones where the hobbiest has a nosy spouse in the house (sounds like Dr. Suess).  

It seems like all of the providers like the two call system or texting back and forth...but this does leave a bit of a trail doesn't it. So does anyone have this problem? Is the only solution to use another phone? I am sure that there is a reason why the providers out there like the phone and text as opposed to strictly email communication

So far my SO hasn't shown any signs of what I'm doing on my phone. It does get dicey, however, when my text goes off a lot so I generally keep my cell on vibrate most of the time at home and decretely handle messages that come in. Most providers, however, are considerate about contacting me.

No hobby phone needed! Just download the app on your phone, and that's it!

I agree with BrownSugarBaby, I use Heywire which is similar to Google Voice.  There are other options as well in  your App store.

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1. Delete the texts after the date.  
2. Delete the call log.
3. Tell the provider not to use the number you gave her with out notice.  
4. If you can't trust her on#3, block her number. You can always unblock it if you want to setup another date.

If you have a nosy wife, and you are using your phone that your wife knows about, this is a recipe for disaster.  No matter how smart you think you are with deleting your tracks, you need to think of Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong."  Murphy was an optimist.

I used to use google voice, but they sent copies of my text messages to my gmail account and these things were showing up on my work computer.  I said "what the hell!"  They really want you to get your messages.  Sometimes you just don't want your messages sent simultaneously to every single device that you own.  As for making outbound calls, sometimes they were giving the provider my real cell phone number, not my google voice number.  That happened when the provider was also using a google voice number.  This is a software bug as far as I am concerned, I don't know if they ever fixed it, all I know is that I don't use google voice because it is not appropriate for hiding your tracks as far as I am concerned.  

As for deleting all the tracks off your cell phone, you can't ever do that.  Once a provider has your number, you can't prevent her from texting you by mistake at a later date, if for instance she should confuse your number with someone else's number.   I am fairly technologically savvy, and even I send text messages to the wrong people sometimes by mistake.  You also give up your privacy whenever you use your main cell phone to call someone.  If you call someone who later turns out to be crazy, now you have to deal with some crazy person who has your phone number.  This stuff happens.  

The only solution for privacy, and I mean guaranteed privacy, from everybody, is to use a separate phone that your wife doesn't know anything about.  Then hide it when it's not in use.  

I'm a fan on line 2, it's an app on my iphone you pay monthly though.$9.99 and you can delete/ redownload whenever you like. has full functioning phone # and texting.