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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

I think my friend is deluded.

209 replies

T0getherindreams · 03/08/2019 10:50

Chatting to my (pretty much best) friend yesterday and she drops into conversation that her DH had received an email from his ex girlfriend.

For context, friend has been married to her DH for nearly 10 years. He was in a long term relationship with this ex for several years, I think they may even have owned a house together. But that relationship broke up about five years before my friend met her DH. So this ex girlfriend is from at least 15 years ago.

Anyway, there has been no contact between my friends DH and his ex in all that time. Save for this random email which was basically an introduction, a catch up about her life and attached were several photos of the ex girlfriends family (she's married with a child) her dog and even her back lawn.

The email was signed off with a phone number, and an invitation to meet up for a drink sometime and have a catch up. The ex apparently lives no far from my friend, same borough.

My friend didn't seem fazed and just basically mentioned it in passing as if her DH meeting his ex who he hasn't heard from in 15 years, was a perfectly normal thing to do Hmm

I pretty much told her to get a fucking grip, stop being so naieve and put a stop to this. Now.

Surely I'm not the only one who thinks this is madness. Nobody just sends a random email asking to meet their ex after 15 years. No unless they have something to gain. I said this ex sounds like shes having a mid life crisis and wants to recapture her youth. I'd be livid if some random ex started to try meeting up with my DH.

AIBU?

I left lunch feeling at a loss. Like I can see something really bad about to happen but cant stop it.

OP posts:
Fowles94 · 04/08/2019 21:21

I don't see a problem with it. Unless there is a reason not to trust your partner these things shouldn't make you worry. I hope you apologise to your friend.

glennamy · 04/08/2019 21:35

You are not being a friend, let alone a best friend, she & DH are not paranoid, you are!

You have let your insecurities in regards to relationships cross over into her relationship.

You need to apologise for the way you have reacted and spoken to her.

Be happy for your friend that she has a great relationship with her husband and that bumping into an ex doesn't mean shagging each others brains out!

YABVU

ladycarlotta · 04/08/2019 21:59

That sounds normal and healthy to me! Presumably ex realised they lived near one another and wanted to extend some kind of friendship.

I can absolutely see one of my significant exes (who I sporadically keep in touch with) sharing emails like this; the other, no way. Each relationship has different boundaries. My partner's most significant ex lives down the road and our kids play together, god knows what you'd make of that.

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Crummyfunnymummy · 05/08/2019 05:26

Sounds perfectly normal to me too. Can’t really understand why some people have such a problem with it, suspecting motives and affairs etc. I find that weird to be honest!!

winkywonky · 05/08/2019 16:32

She is an ex for a reason, YABU. I feel it’s says more about your relationship with your husband then about hers. She is obviously very happy and stable in her relationship and quite rightly thinks nothing of the meet up. I was with my ex for ten years and would not have him back if he was in a lucky bag. However we spent our childhood together and I wish we could be friends and have a beer and a laugh. Unfortunately he has a wife like you who thinks I must obviously want him back despite me being very happily married with children. It’s sad

Onetwistedsista · 06/08/2019 21:35

OP The last few lines of what boosterrooster said. If it's innocent partners/spouses can tag along

Eastie77 · 06/08/2019 21:56

I knew someone like the OP (we'll call her Sue) who was extremely over invested in her friend's marriage and seemed a bit obsessed about her friend's husbands behaviour towards other women. Long story short, it turned out Sue had a huge crush on her friend's husband.

Ferret27 · 07/08/2019 20:40

I’ve been in this situation and I understand your initial concerns ... I wouldn’t feel comfortable suggesting to my ex that he meets up with me on his own ..I’d think it wrong to upset his wife ... if you are just catching up make it a foursome or within a group... ... I met the ex of my OH and I knew she was curious and hoping to rekindle something if she had sensed a way in with my OH of 20 years... it transpired she was fed up with her current partner ... hence the trip down memory lane he couldn’t see it till after the 2nd meeting.. ... it’s naive to think it couldn’t go horribly wrong

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