I don’t know, I’m going to go against the grain here because I’m a firm believer you should trust your gut instincts, and yours are telling you that something doesn’t quite feel right?
I’m saying this, my husband and I both have friends of the opposite gender that we see together or alone. Platonic friendships are a thing. But not always. Man oh man, some of my old school friends have tried it on with me over the years despite knowing my husband.
So he’s not actually friends with her if they’ve only just got back in contact after a period of time?
You feel he’s highlighting that she’s a single mum, lonely, single, new mum, single, needs a friend… When I’ve met up with long term male friends, I’ve never needed to tell my DH “oh he’s single” … “oh he’s lonely”. He could just be being honest with you, but is her relationship status relevant to you or is he trying to put you on edge and make you jealous or uncomfortable? I mean, it’s not like men have been trying to pit women against one another for hundreds of years to satisfy their ego, is it?
I would say just trust your instincts.
Maybe I am bias though as my husband met this one woman at park run who started off lovely, we welcomed her into our friendship group. But something always felt a bit “off” to me, I couldn’t put my finger on why. She ended up confessing her undying love for my DH after about 6 months 😂
All of his other friends who are female I don’t feel any threat from. I think sometimes you just have an inkling when something doesn’t seem right.