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Did my DH’s comments to a stranger cross the line?

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Cyclingsar · 20/06/2026 16:39

Local retail park - there’s a gym by the car park. Walking back to the car earlier, DH makes conversation with a man (early/mid 20’s I guess) and says he’s in good shape (he had a vest on and was muscly) and that he wouldn’t trust him around me. Jokey tone, the guy laughed. He then said ‘she’d eat you alive, son. She’d probably teach you a thing or two’, again he laughed and we carried on walking.

DH is a bit of a cheeky chappy and always makes conversation with strangers, but I felt this was a bit off.

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Nofeckingway · 20/06/2026 19:12

He's a knob. Sorry about that .

Twinkylightsg · 20/06/2026 19:05

It is disrespectful to you to speak about you like that to a stranger. The stranger prob laughed as he didn't know what else to do and was probably thinking your Husband is a nutter! Cringe

Fizzybluewater · 20/06/2026 19:04

Friendlygingercat · 20/06/2026 18:52

Adult child with a potty mouth who thinks he is clever. Some day another man is going to react badly and wang him one.

Love it when twats like OP's h get their come upance.
To those who would take it as a compliment, you come across as being really rough and a very low bar of self respect.
Before some twat say 'don't worry about me' I don't care if you want to look scummy.

Friendlygingercat · 20/06/2026 18:52

Adult child with a potty mouth who thinks he is clever. Some day another man is going to react badly and wang him one.

dizzydizzydizzy · 20/06/2026 18:49

CustardySergeant · 20/06/2026 18:21

😲 Your mother does this? Good grief. Have you asked her why and to stop?

Yes, she blurts odd things out to random strangers. I haven’t asked her why because I know why (I said it in my PP). I don’t feel it’s my place to tell her to stop.

CustardySergeant · 20/06/2026 18:48

Melancholyflower · 20/06/2026 18:46

What's complimentary about a man saying to a much younger man that he has such a good body his wife would probably want to shag him? Does the OP's husband think he's such a catch that it would take a buff young bloke to tempt her away? And to suggest to the young bloke that his wife is so irresistible he couldn't be trusted near her - I very much doubt he's interested in shagging a woman old enough to be his mother.

Exactly. The comments were nonsensical and ludicrous, not funny.

Melancholyflower · 20/06/2026 18:46

Weekmindedfool · 20/06/2026 18:32

Same. In fact I would take it as a compliment.

What's complimentary about a man saying to a much younger man that he has such a good body his wife would probably want to shag him? Does the OP's husband think he's such a catch that it would take a buff young bloke to tempt her away? And to suggest to the young bloke that his wife is so irresistible he couldn't be trusted near her - I very much doubt he's interested in shagging a woman old enough to be his mother.

GreatOffWhiteFalcon · 20/06/2026 18:43

Sexist idiot. Has he always been like this?

Bluffinwithmymuffin · 20/06/2026 18:40

I can’t find a single thing in the DH’s cringeworthy, one-sided exchange with a 20-something man that could be taken as a compliment to the OP.

outerspacepotato · 20/06/2026 18:39

Another day, another rando asshole making stupid remarks. Sure dude. That ripped dude is so jealous of you. 😂

Tell him you think it's really weird that he's triggered by attractive younger men to brag about his sex life to them.

Fizzybluewater · 20/06/2026 18:35

Tbh OP your h sounds like a complete twat. Rather you than me being lumbered with such a juvenile idiot.

Weekmindedfool · 20/06/2026 18:32

Gwenna · 20/06/2026 17:59

That would be just male banter to me, OP, and nothing bad meant by it but that’s my perspective. It wouldn’t bother me,in fact I’d find it quite funny and might quip something back if they were in earshot, but you still have a right to feel uncomfortable and to communicate that to him.

Edited

Same. In fact I would take it as a compliment.

Lotsofsnacks · 20/06/2026 18:32

diddl · 20/06/2026 18:28

So you're old enough to be this stranger's parents & your husband obliquely referenced you having sex with him?

This! The poor lad was cringing I bet. You’re maybe older than his parents, so it’s a v weird thing for your DH to say to someone 30 years younger!

Goldengirl123 · 20/06/2026 18:32

i would have just laughed

Marycontrarygarden · 20/06/2026 18:31

omgwhys · 20/06/2026 16:40

Very weird. Humiliating for you aswel. He’s overly friendly it sounds. Disrespectful to his woman also. I’d have words

His woman? What century have you joined us from?

TheChosenTwo · 20/06/2026 18:31

I retract my earlier comment and have now decided that at early 50’s he’s not a cheeky chappy, he’s just a twat.
And also insinuating that the other guy is a sex pest of some kind. That and an unprompted comment on someone else’s body - just all round grim. Sorry op, he’s not sounding like a catch at all.

deeahgwitch · 20/06/2026 18:31

omgwhys · 20/06/2026 16:40

Very weird. Humiliating for you aswel. He’s overly friendly it sounds. Disrespectful to his woman also. I’d have words

This 💯

hourspassed · 20/06/2026 18:29

Cheeky chap aged 50+?

He made a vile comment about you in front of you to a stranger. That's puerile and would give me the massive ick.

Not an appropriate thing to say to a stranger - to say that he wouldn't trust you around this man? How bloody weird is that - and so embarrassing for this young guy too. If you're both 50s you'd be old enough to be his parents.

I would be fuming.

ginasevern · 20/06/2026 18:29

Wow, he must've looked like a total weirdo. Going up to a lad in his 20's and commenting on his fit body, especially when he wasn't even a member of the gym himself. And then saying that his wife would "eat him alive and teach him a thing or two". Christ, it must have sounded like a proposition for a threesome or something. I'm surprised the young bloke didn't run for the hills. Personally I couldn't live with a twat like that.

diddl · 20/06/2026 18:28

So you're old enough to be this stranger's parents & your husband obliquely referenced you having sex with him?

Thepeopleversuswork · 20/06/2026 18:26

YourShyLion · 20/06/2026 18:25

Don't see any problems with this at all apart from you having a bit of a sense of humour bypass.

For OP to have had a sense of humour bypass it would have to have been funny, surely?

Snufkin88 · 20/06/2026 18:26

I’d be absolutely mortified if my DH spoke about me like that

YourShyLion · 20/06/2026 18:25

Don't see any problems with this at all apart from you having a bit of a sense of humour bypass.

Thepeopleversuswork · 20/06/2026 18:24

Jeschara · 20/06/2026 16:58

So do I. I find them very juvenile and boring. They try to make themselves liked at everyone else's expense. Tedious thick idiots.

Specifically they try to make themselves liked at women's expense.

It's a sort of pass-ag, plausibly deniable version of the explicit 1970s sexism but clothed in a veneer of 2020s "bantz".

CustardySergeant · 20/06/2026 18:21

dizzydizzydizzy · 20/06/2026 18:05

It sounds entirely plausible to me. DM does the same thing. Pretty sure she has ADHD and it is due to lack of impulse control.

😲 Your mother does this? Good grief. Have you asked her why and to stop?