Going through someone’s phone won’t give you peace. It just turns you into a detective in your own relationship.

Searching for proof does not calm a worry, it feeds it. Finding nothing only means you have not found it yet, so the next check comes sooner, and closeness gets replaced by surveillance. The real question was never in the messages anyway. It was whether you believe them, and no screenshot can settle that for you.

If you are already checking, say that out loud instead and tell them what you are afraid of. That conversation is harder and far shorter than months of investigating. If you still cannot believe them afterward, the answer is about the relationship rather than the phone.