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AIBU?

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Tell or not?

26 replies

Jogonpolly · 19/10/2025 11:11

It was our company end of year party last night. Free bar and lots of alcohol flowing.

In our team there a fair few husband&wife/ long term partners who work together in the department.

At the party last night I walked in the the toilets to find one of our my teams associates in a compromising position with one of my execs, who happens to be the wife of one of the senior team.

Do I say anything?

Yanbu - keep out of it
Yabu - yep tell on them

OP posts:
Swiftie1878 · 19/10/2025 11:12

Keep it zipped.
Absolutely none of your business.

Jogonpolly · 19/10/2025 11:14

Swiftie1878 · 19/10/2025 11:12

Keep it zipped.
Absolutely none of your business.

That is what I'm thinking. But wanted to check!

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BauhausOfEliott · 19/10/2025 12:03

Keep out of it. It’s absolutely nothing to do with you and these people are your colleagues, not your friends.

OSTMusTisNT · 19/10/2025 12:06

Don't tell a soul.

ilovesooty · 19/10/2025 12:07

Stay out of it.

TheGoddessAthena · 19/10/2025 12:08

Did they see you?

pictoosh · 19/10/2025 12:09

Stay well out of it.

DiscoBob · 19/10/2025 12:12

Did they see you? Going for it in the bogs, not even in a cubicle, is pretty foolish. Everyone could've seen! It'll probably come out somehow but don't be the one to tell.

People do make drunken mistakes.

Jogonpolly · 19/10/2025 12:22

TheGoddessAthena · 19/10/2025 12:08

Did they see you?

Yes. I didn't hand around to see exactly how far it had got. They quickly exited after I walked in.

OP posts:
Sassylovesbooks · 19/10/2025 12:28

No. Stay out of it completely. Don't tell anyone else either. If you do, and the person you tell blabs, both of those involved will know it's come from you. I'm assuming they both saw you??!!
Edit: Just saw your update, stating they saw you, so in which case definitely keep quiet!

KissMyArt · 19/10/2025 12:31

Another one saying stay out of it.

Relationships can be complicated and for all you know, their partners may know already.

Keeping your job is more important than getting involved.

Zanatdy · 19/10/2025 12:33

No way i’d say a word. Not worth it

TheatricalLife · 19/10/2025 12:36

Not a chance I would get involved. Forget it happened.

RoseAlone · 19/10/2025 12:51

Why would you want to contribute to other people's unhappiness by even thinking about opening your mouth!

HelpMeGetThrough · 19/10/2025 14:28

I think this is a case of “what happens in the toilet, stays in the toilet”.

PurpleChrayn · 19/10/2025 14:30

I’d be telling anyone who’d listen!

Coffeetime25 · 19/10/2025 14:46

yeah leave well alone you don't want to be THAT employee

Jogonpolly · 19/10/2025 14:48

PurpleChrayn · 19/10/2025 14:30

I’d be telling anyone who’d listen!

I'm interested in why? (Genuinely)

OP posts:
winter8090 · 19/10/2025 14:49

Absolutely keep out of it and tell no one.

InterIgnis · 19/10/2025 14:57

If you don’t care about keeping your job and being blacklisted in your industry, then sure, tell.

No, do not say a word. You’d only be hurting yourself.

Tablesandchairs23 · 19/10/2025 15:00

Don't say anything none of your business.

themerchentofvenus · 19/10/2025 15:01

I'd be telling THEM to fess up!

By the sounds of it, it's quite a family company with lots of couples, so this isn't really acceptable. So I'd tell them to come clean if they have an ounce of respect for their partners.

InterIgnis · 19/10/2025 15:16

themerchentofvenus · 19/10/2025 15:01

I'd be telling THEM to fess up!

By the sounds of it, it's quite a family company with lots of couples, so this isn't really acceptable. So I'd tell them to come clean if they have an ounce of respect for their partners.

Yes, because that wouldn’t give them every opportunity to cause trouble for OP.

OP can’t prove what she saw, so they can just straight up deny it ever happened and paint OP as a liar looking to make trouble. One of the people involved is OP’s exec, who can almost certainly make life very unpleasant for her. If OP tells and it causes problems for the company then she’ll be the one blamed. OP telling could ruin her career, not just in this company but across her industry. Blacklisting is a thing.

That a lot of married couples work in the company means nothing. There’s every possibility that this is far from the only ongoing affair, so there’s likely to be people that won’t be friendly to a perceived ‘snitch’ in their midst.

Topseyt123 · 19/10/2025 15:44

Awkward as it must have felt, say nothing at all. They could make life at work very unpleasant for you so don't rock the boat.

They were taking a risk with where they chose to get amorous. Anyone at all could have walked in, including their spouses/partners. It just so happened that it was you.

They are clearly a very brazen pair of fuckwits.

Jogonpolly · 19/10/2025 16:36

Topseyt123 · 19/10/2025 15:44

Awkward as it must have felt, say nothing at all. They could make life at work very unpleasant for you so don't rock the boat.

They were taking a risk with where they chose to get amorous. Anyone at all could have walked in, including their spouses/partners. It just so happened that it was you.

They are clearly a very brazen pair of fuckwits.

I suspect they were just really really drunk rather than brazen. I also don't think it's an ongoing affair more a drunken fumble that got interrupted, but either way, I'm not saying a word.

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