If you suspect your husband or boyfriend of cheating on you, but don’t have the money to hire a pricey private investigator to find out, there are frugal options that will allow you to find out if your sweetie has strayed! 1. Monitor his computer usage. You can do this by installing key logger software, which allows you to monitor every keystroke he makes on his computer including every e-mail he sends and receives, every instant message or text he gets and every website he’s visited.

For less than $100, you can buy the popular WebWatcher software at www.WebWatcherNow.com or log on to www.ActualSpy.com and download their key logger software for free! 2. Monitor his cell phone. If he’s cheating, he’s probably using his cell phone to do it. If you get your hands on it, you can check out who owns numbers that you don’t recognize by doing a reverse phone look up.

While there aren’t any companies that perform this service free, at a cost of $4.95-$14.95 per number that you look up, it’s still a cost-effective option. Try www.ReversePhoneDetective.com, which charges $14.95 to look up a number or AT&T’s www.AnyWho.com, which charges just $4.95 to look up a number and furnish you with information on who owns it.

Conduct your own surveillance. Doing it yourself saves you the cost of a private investigator. But before you do, invest just $10.85 and purchase a copy of The Private Investigator Handbook : The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Protect Yourself, Get Justice, or Get Even by Chuck Chambers, a 22-year vet of the P.I. business. You can also buy another great book called The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Private Investigating by Steve Kerry Brown for $12.89 on www.Amazon.com! -- Tasha Cunningham