To Share or Not to Share? How Location Sharing Is Changing Our Relationships

In this episode of Modern Love, Anna Martin interviews Arlon Jay Staggs about his evolving relationship with location sharing, particularly with his mother. Arlon recounts his childhood in rural Alabama, his move to California, and the guilt he felt for leaving his family. The conversation explores how location sharing became a source of both comfort and conflict, especially after his brother Paul's mental health struggles and subsequent disappearance, and later, the sudden death of his father. Arlon describes his on-again, off-again approach to sharing his location with his mother, driven by a mix of guilt, a desire to provide her with peace of mind, and the need to establish personal boundaries. Ultimately, he realizes that location sharing is less about the technology and more about the underlying family dynamics, grief, and the act of love.