Can you think of a reasonable explanation for this?

[ChesterDrawer]

Friend phoned in complete panic.

Opened post this morning and it was a parking fine. Not her car her husbands. In a hotel car park. Mid afternoon when he should have been at work

I’m trying to calm her down and think of some kind of reasonable explanation other than “yep he’s having an affair”

Anyone got anything?!! He’s office based, 40 mins from hotel.

baffled makes a good point.

You wouldn’t use a hotel that your company uses, or where staff might recognise you.

And no, he isn’t having an affair with a member if staff there because they would have the same issue.

So, has she asked him yet?
Has he heard from his PA that she has been checking up on him??

Are you still texting your friend on this matter, OP?

Any news?

If my husband had opened my mail and gone all bunny boiler, calling my asssitant and hotel because I didn't let him know where exactly I was for every single minute of the day, I would not be pleased at all. To put it mildly.

What if he just decided to go there for lunch to meet a client or something? Is he required to ask wife's permission first?

I actually had a parking fine from a hotel car park last year. It was in my name being the registered owner but OH had the car that day, he was nipping to the post office in his work break but couldn’t find anywhere there to park so left his car where he thought was ok but ended up with a parking fine for the hotel.

Following....

My Dad received one of these recently. My parents share a car but it was addressed to him as he is the registered keeper and policy holder but it was my Mum who had the car.

Hopefully for your friend it's nothing but ringing his PA probably won't go down too well if it is.

No previous form for affairs, no suspicions, perfectly normal bloke

Does your friend have any personal issues with trust? Surely in most families, if one partner saw a fine the other has gotten, they would just give it to the other to sort out. Maybe ask what the other one was doing there, if it's an unusual location. Going full on private detective is way over the top reaction.

maybe he nipped out to get some lunch from there or somewhere nearby?

@Southmouth did you phone his PA to corroborate his story?

update?