To think some women automatically see attractive women as a threat to their relationships?

I’m afraid I’d struggle to beleive any attractive woman hasn’t witnessed rhis,

The mistake they make is to discount the ‘unattractive’ women who are just as likely to shag their husbands. I know this for a fact

Of course nobody seems to understand that it is their partner who is responsible for staying faithful so it shouldn’t matter who he is surrounded by

Too toot my own horn for a bit I'm considered conventionally attractive. I developed early so had ( and still have) very large breasts. I've had numerous women bully me for my looks. One at work got so bad that I had to go to the management to get it sorted out because I was getting sick at work. She drunkenly admitted that she disliked me because I was thinner and prettier than her. I've had women call me a slut dispite the fact that I didn't lose my virginity until 22 and tend twords same sex relationships. Women can be awful twords other women.

Some women can be extremely attractive without feeling at all like a threat.

There are others, however, and from experience a lot fewer, who immediately set your antennae twitching - you just know that given half a chance they would make a move on someone else’s man - not because they particularly want them, but because they can.

IMO most women possess these antennae. Men hardly ever do, unless they’re gay. So if you ever say anything (to a man) about PPW (potentially predatory woman) you will just get, ‘I think she’s really nice! You’re just jealous,’ etc. etc.

I dare say I’m not the only one who’s known a PPW pinch someone else’s man, only to have her dump him not long afterwards - after she’s proved her point, I.e.that she could do it. And the bloke is left licking his wounds and wondering what went wrong.

It’s probably more that they’re upset their DH will fancy you because they know what he’s like.

I would think the threads on here of women questioning if they should be concerned/ worried about a female friend/family member/coworker/neighbor, etc talking to their boyfriend/spouse/husband saying the women is attractive and hasn’t done anything wrong and some posters saying they wouldn’t trust their own spouses around her should be proof that what OP is describing sometimes happens.

Plus, attractiveness is subjective. What my DH deems as an attractive woman and who I deem as attractive are not the same. I do think sometimes insecurity and the spouse’s personal history/type plays a part in it.

Tbh, if my husband chose to cheat, I wouldn’t be blaming the other woman whether she flirted or not. It would be him and she can have him.

Attractiveness yes - but also being single. Perhaps even more so.

Oh, absolutely. I experienced a lot of uncalled for, instant and obvious hatred from older women when I was younger. But have been told on Mumsnet before that it's all in my head! It wasn't - and no, I never flirted with their bloody husbands!

On Mumsnet, many women consider ANY other woman, attractive or not, partnered or not, a threat. Simply owning a vagina makes them dangerous and suspect.