Colleague A has been married for years and outside of every day chat, sometimes talks about her DH, their dogs, holidays and has mentioned in passing their struggles to start a family, including failed IVF attempts. Her husband works in the same organization, just in a different department. I’ve met him a few times—he seems like a typical average bloke.
Recently, I found out that I have mutual friends with him outside of work. Or rather, friends of a particular friend. One of these friends is close with a woman, lets call her C, who I've accidentally uncovered has been in a long-term relationship... with Colleague A’s husband... going back over a decade.
I learned about it during drinks when my friend was complaining about men and mid rant mentioned her friend 'C's boyfriend neglecting her. She even showed me photos of them when she asked if I remembered 'C', of course not realising I knew who the guy in the photo was. My face must've looked pretty shocked.
According to friend, he’s told C they’re getting divorced, living separate lives, and planning to sell the house. Mutual friend calls bullshit but C wont listen, in denial and total head over heels love job.
Meanwhile, Colleague A has been talking about trying IVF again and planning holidays together.
It’s made work pretty awkward these past few weeks 😶