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AIBU?

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Husband's Colleague- Leg Pic.

532 replies

PeaceGoodMercutio · 04/09/2023 08:51

DH 38 was sent a holiday picture of very posed "sausage leg" type picture from female work colleague (late 50s). Right up to the bikini line. His response was "A bit jealous, but wait til I get to my room".
I think this reads a certain way.
What do you think?
For context, we were on holiday too in a very nice hotel that he had been bragging about to her in previous messages. He says he was just going to show her pics of our room.
He never did. Messages stop there.
My mum says it isn't suspicious and believes him as apparently pictures like this are common amongst her 50 year old friends.
My friend says it is suspicious as feck.

Aibu:
Yes- innocent messages.
No--suspicious messages.

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PeaceGoodMercutio · 04/09/2023 09:56

Planesmistakenforstars · 04/09/2023 09:52

So you all automatically assume a 38 year old is shagging a woman 20 years older than him? How many men do you know who have affairs with women 20 years older?

I don't think everyone is assuming an affair necessarily, but rather reading it as a very inappropriate message. And she might be an older woman who is stunning. Or she might not be, but we're bearing in mind that some men stick their knobs in hoover attachments, so it's not always a leap.

Objectively, she is not attractive. However, neither is he.
He tells everyone he is rich. So maybe that's why she's being so desperate?

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AnObserverInThisDarkWorld · 04/09/2023 09:56

Wouldn't make me think he was going for a wank...

Maybe to send her a dick pic with his own tanned legs but nothing screams "I'm going to wank over your legs and a bit of bikini" (because frankly if that's all it takes to get him going there's more issues at play)

Sausage leg photos were a meme thing for a while, maybe she just hadn't caught up with it not being? And doesn't think her legs are overly sexual...

Is there any other messages that imply inappropriate behaviour?

DrManhattan · 04/09/2023 09:57

He is a creep

AmazingSnakeHead · 04/09/2023 09:58

we're bearing in mind that some men stick their knobs in hoover attachments, so it's not always a leap

😂

OP it sounds dodgy to me. Even if it's not a "I'm going to wank off to this" it betrays an uncomfortable over familiarity.

racheyc · 04/09/2023 09:58

It could either be

he was going to have wank over it later

or

he was going to show off his room and how nice it was

without knowing your DH none of us can know which it is likely to be

Either way though I wouldn't like the colleague feeling like it's appropriate to send this to him, which he is clearly fine with.

doroda · 04/09/2023 09:59

Wait until I show you my room/ wait until you see my room = he wants to show off the hotel

But, wait until I get to my room = I am going to wank over your pic

mae2014 · 04/09/2023 10:00

Yeah id not be happy with that OP :( what were the other messages like?

TheLongGloriesOfTheWinterMoon · 04/09/2023 10:03

PeaceGoodMercutio · 04/09/2023 09:56

Objectively, she is not attractive. However, neither is he.
He tells everyone he is rich. So maybe that's why she's being so desperate?

Objectively, that's irrelevant. As is their relative sexes and ages.

A male boss is receiving sexually inappropriate images from someone he manages.

Interesting though that the prevailing message from those who think this isn't dodgy think so because it's a woman at least a decade older sending images to a younger man so he couldn't possibly fancy her.

@PeaceGoodMercutio ask yourself (ask the sleaze you are married to)
A) if his line manager discovers he's receiving groin pics from one of the people he manages- what's his position?
B) if his daughter were being sent groin pics from a man she manages, what would he advise?

SD1978 · 04/09/2023 10:04

My first assumption reading it is banter- look at my location, him replying well my room looks nice. But if you're concerned, then that's a different conversation

sweeneytoddsrazor · 04/09/2023 10:04

Well if they had returned home by the time OP read the message, which it sounds like, and OP says she wasn't looking she just saw it that would indicate it was the last message sent so maybe it was sent he replied then just completely forgot about it by the time they returned to the room from what ever else they had been doing. If there was further messages and he had deleted them surely he would have deleted that one as well

pinkfondu · 04/09/2023 10:04

@PeaceGoodMercutio

Objectively, she is not attractive. However, neither is he.
He tells everyone he is rich. So maybe that's why she's being so desperate?

Desperate? Op this is not a message I would send to my boss. Would you? It's sus as fuck, but don't for one minute lay all the blame at her door. You didn't see any replies or calls on his log, doesn't mean there wasn't any.

EverybodyLTB · 04/09/2023 10:08

“He tells everyone he is rich” wow, what a prince 😅

I have lots of male friends and have just been on a fabulous holiday. Pics were often exchanged, but not at any point would I have included legs, cleavage, bikini shots as despite being around them for in some cases 20+ years with no issues, it would be inappropriate and they all have wives and girlfriends etc.

blebb · 04/09/2023 10:18

Don't think YABU to feel the way you do but in the context of the messages it sounds fine.

He was literally saying, yes I'm jealous of your view (beach) but I'll oneup you by showing you our fancy hotel room and then you'll be jealous.

Beach pic with sausage legs are pretty standard (and yes dated Grin )

It depends what your relationship is like and what he's like @PeaceGoodMercutio

EBearhug · 04/09/2023 10:22

50 something women really punctuate their days with sending photos of their legs to colleagues?

Only to the one I went to bed with, who was not my boss. I might send pictures of my legs from knees downwards, but experience suggests I'm more likely to send photos of street signs, windmills, mountains and other things which don't include actual people, especially not me.

Butterflywings2 · 04/09/2023 10:22

Hhm, my immediate reaction was that it means something inappropriate (wait until I get back to my room and I'll send you a dirty photo of me).

But reading some of the responses, maybe he genuinely does mean the view from the hotel compared to the view in her photo (past the hot dog legs)

Was the photo more of a close up of her legs/little view or was it her legs in the pic taking a photo of a nice view?

MadamWhiteleigh · 04/09/2023 10:24

I mean, you’ve got the context, he was bragging about your hotel in the messages before the photo.

I don’t think he’s done anything wrong but she is def being a bit flirty.

Janieforever · 04/09/2023 10:26

PeaceGoodMercutio · 04/09/2023 09:56

Objectively, she is not attractive. However, neither is he.
He tells everyone he is rich. So maybe that's why she's being so desperate?

Goodness me, that’s a bit harsh.

very clearly I’m jealous does not mean he’s going to wank over her legs. It’s clearly about the location.

and I’m not sure she’s the one being desperate.

HoneyPotts · 04/09/2023 10:28

She was fishing for compliments and wants to get off on your husband finding the picture sexually arousing.

The wait till I get to my room comment is crass.

Do you really want to be with this man? How old is your husband?

Oldermum84 · 04/09/2023 10:31

I'm 50/50 but surely he wouldn't have given you his phone to use if the messages were dodgy, he would have deleted the evidence?!

Have you checked his call logs to see if he called her?

Maybe she'd just had a few too many cocktails on the beach and sent the same photo to lots of guys for attention and he didn't know what to reply so was going to send back room pictures but later forgot?

If there's nothing else suspicious I would tend to err on the side of believing him.

PeaceGoodMercutio · 04/09/2023 10:31

No view in her picture. Legs and a white building with a tiny bit of pool.
I am 100% not blaming her.
Someone asked if she was stunning, which she isn't. He very well may fancy her though.

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diddl · 04/09/2023 10:32

If it was a pic of her room then sending back a pic of a room would make sense.

I understand the "jealous" if her hotel looked nicer but not exactly sure about "wait until I get to my room".

It doesn't seem to make sense!

Sueveneers · 04/09/2023 10:33

If you know her, does she know he's married? I couldn't help myself. I'd text back and say "this is his wife here. That photo is very inappropriate to send to a married man."

YANBU

I'd watch this carefully.

PeaceGoodMercutio · 04/09/2023 10:39

She knows he is married as I used to work there too.
She is in a long term relationship.
She was on holiday with her partner.

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PeaceGoodMercutio · 04/09/2023 10:40

I've messaged her partner and it has all gone a bit quiet.

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AnObserverInThisDarkWorld · 04/09/2023 10:41

You messaged her partner?

I think you've massively overstepped there!

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