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To not go & say they are being ridiculous (affair/accidental OW related)

101 replies

lyralalala · 15/05/2019 17:39

A friend of mine, B, is currently trying to deal with discovering that her (now ex) boyfriend is actually married. B dated this guy for a year. We all met him. They saw each other at least couple of times a week, spoke on the phone every day, texted constantly. He spent nights at her house when her kids were with their Dad. She spent nights at his flat. He came to weddings and parties and never blinked about photos being take etc. He actually came away with us all as a group before Christmas.

It turns out his flat is where he lives when he's working as he actually lives several hundred miles away. They had agreed not to meet each other's children yet as B's kids have had a huge lot of changes in the last few years and she wanted to take things carefully. It turns out that every other weekend and two nights on the week he works the weekend he actually goes home, rather than has his kids at the house like B believed.

Two other friends are organising a big group night out and they have decided that they want to make it couples only. One of the reasons given (obviously they've not had the guts to say it to B, they are just planning on leaving her out) is that one of them is "concerned" that perhaps B isn't as trustworthy (around husbands) as we all thought.

We all met this guy. None of us had the slightest clue. B has been absolutely and utterly conned and left heartbroken and now some friends are being shitty. AIBU to not go and tell them they are being ridiculous?

OP posts:
outvoid · 16/05/2019 11:52

Hideous misogyny. Women aren’t some mystical dangerous being that go around stealing husbands in the night. Men have control over their own minds and bodies, they don’t have to sleep with the nearest woman just because she gives him a ‘look’.

These women sound utterly ridiculous and I would ditch them pronto. B obviously had no idea and is hurting right now and also, they should learn to trust their husbands.

Browniegal13 · 16/05/2019 11:54

As a young widow I have been left out of group events because I might ‘try it on’ with a husband. I dropped those people very quickly. Your ‘friends’ are just plain nasty.

dorisdog · 16/05/2019 12:02

YNBU and also - 'couples night?' WTF? Who does this kind of thing? We have parties, get togethers, nights out with friends...you just invite people you know and like, right? Not analyse their martial/single/polyamorous status, or ban certain groups/people from coming!!??

lyralalala · 16/05/2019 12:04

'couples night?' WTF? Who does this kind of thing?

Exactly! That's what got me asking questions as we never do that. Usually who ever is available is invited, end of.

It seems, from what I've heard today, the flouncer just can't believe B didn't have any clues rather than just ignoring them because it suited her. She really, really didn't and the rest of us were totally fooled by him as well.

OP posts:
GreenFingersWouldBeHandy · 16/05/2019 12:09

@lyralalala

Well done for calling them out on it. You sound like a good friend to B.

We can all be fooled sometimes.

M3lon · 16/05/2019 12:15

Good on you OP!

That kind of bitchiness can get to fuck

wellballstoyou · 16/05/2019 12:26

oh thats so nasty. Good on you OP for saying something.

Jux · 16/05/2019 12:40

Thank goodness you got The Flouncer. I despise people who think like that.

I'm glad you got B and the widowStar

timeisnotaline · 16/05/2019 12:49

Good for you op. I always think evil happens when good men (people) say nothing when I hear about these.

Hecateh · 16/05/2019 12:51

Yep, I'm another one who lost a load of not friends when I split from my partner - would touch their partners with a bargepole even if they weren't married.
I banter flirt with my best friends husband all the time, my friend encourages it - she says it's good for his ego. Grin
He's lovely, gives great hugs and I'd strangle him if I had to live with him Grin
It's been funny in the past when I have had a new partner though, she plays up to them for all she's worth and they keep looking at me 'wtf' Grin

Hecateh · 16/05/2019 12:52

*wouldn't touch their partners

Missingstreetlife · 16/05/2019 12:55

Relationships can change with circumstances but this is nasty

OnlyJoking1 · 16/05/2019 13:13

My husband died almost eleven years ago.
I did notice women holding tightly onto their man when i was around.
I used to joke in our widow group about having tee shirts printed, saying,
Widowed not desperate,
its my husband i lost, not my standards.

It’s nasty behaviour to leave people out.
I remember one of my first nights out, three couples and me, had a somewhat awkward meal out, i was sat opposite an empty chair.
Whilst everyone else gazed across the table at their latest love interest.

combatbarbie · 16/05/2019 13:15

Wow, who needs enemies with friends like that!!!

Just out of sheer nosiness, how did she come across the truth?

lyralalala · 16/05/2019 13:52

Just out of sheer nosiness, how did she come across the truth?

A very tipsy evening where the chat turned to wondering if people had a type or not. Out of nosiness she went on social media to see if she could see what his ex looked like. Shit privacy settings meant she could, and she could see lots of recent pics from events where it was very very clear that they are/were together.

Hence why those of us who were there absolutely 100% know she didn't know.

OP posts:
lyralalala · 16/05/2019 13:53

@onlyjoking1 That's a cracking line to put on a tshirt!

Honestly people are just awful. I'm so sorry you were also subjected to that.

OP posts:
Coyoacan · 16/05/2019 15:14

If X (the concerned ones husband) can’t be trusted to behave around B when she’s vulnerable then he should be fucking uninvited

Brilliant, OP. You and the person who said this are people I would be proud to call my friends.

Jux · 16/05/2019 15:32

OJ!!!!!!!! How are you? Haven't seen you for years but remember you well (you won't remember me and I've probably name changed anyway).

OP, your flouncing 'friend' is off the wall.

TheCatInTheSquare · 16/05/2019 15:45

I feel so sorry for B, lied to, trust shattered, heartbroken, and she's the one that can't be trusted??? Hmm Nice bunch of frenemies she has.

CSIblonde · 16/05/2019 15:51

They sound vile. Go out just the two of you & tell them how immature they are. FWIW I've worked years in huge IT & finance corporates where they have contractors doing Monday to Thursday in company flats then going home to family on Friday. I was the one organising the flat rentals & admin. The majority played away & weren't very discreet about it. We had a lot of complaints from neighbours about parties and 'visitors' at all hours. We resorted to houses and 3 to a house:they were less likely to want other employees knowing their business.

HomeMadeMadness · 16/05/2019 15:54

Why would you be friends with such horrible people? B was massive betrayed by her boyfriend over the entire course of the relationship and now they want to exclude her because she might ensnare their husbands?

WhoKnewBeefStew · 16/05/2019 15:56

Just when you need your friends you fine out they are a bunch of twats

friendsfan · 16/05/2019 16:16

@lyralalala well done for standing up for your friend. You sound like a lovely person x

user1486131602 · 16/05/2019 16:29

What a bunch of bitches!
I’d be more worried they were gonna stab me in the back, than she was gonna steal my hubby.
She’s lucky to have you as a voice of reason, but don’t be surprised if they dump you from the group, as I said, bitches!

OnlyJoking1 · 16/05/2019 17:09

@Lyralala
I almost got the feeling they thought they’d be doing me a favour.

@jux your name is familiar?