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AIBU?

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To be uneasy about Dh and his very friendly coworker

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Booklover12345 · 17/05/2025 22:29

Late last night my DH got an email ping from a coworker which woke me up. We were in bed. I asked what it was at that time, he clearly didn’t want to tell me but said it was E and she was just saying thanks for a laugh during their coffee break that day. I asked to look and it said what a really great friend he is and how he makes her day and the job such fun and she loves being in his team and working on this new project together. I knew they got on well but I was uneasy that she sent this email. It sparked a big row, he got cross, said it’s all above board and platonic and it was a nice thing for her to send him. If it hadn’t woken me then I would never have known which worries me too.
AIBU to think it is not on for her to send this and for him to be ok with it. Or am I being unfair to her and jealous, as he says?

OP posts:
MsDogLady · 22/05/2025 00:58

Booklover12345 · 20/05/2025 22:20

Yes, apparently I’m in the wrong for kicking up a fuss, not her 🙄

No, he is in the wrong, @Booklover12345. He is trying to manipulate you to make you stfu and return to your lane. Asserting your boundaries throws a kink in the path of his and OW’s mutual gratification, hence his defensive gaslighting.

How are things going now? Have you drawn a line and reminded him what he stands to lose?

Hubalou · 26/05/2025 14:11

MsDogLady · 22/05/2025 00:58

No, he is in the wrong, @Booklover12345. He is trying to manipulate you to make you stfu and return to your lane. Asserting your boundaries throws a kink in the path of his and OW’s mutual gratification, hence his defensive gaslighting.

How are things going now? Have you drawn a line and reminded him what he stands to lose?

This sounds really hard

Calliopespa · 28/05/2025 08:10

abanemare · 21/05/2025 14:33

How old-school is lumpen, I've only ever heard it used in the lumpen proletariat

Oh I think that’s a different meaning though. This is just “ misshapen.”

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