My husband received something very strange in the post ...

[OnSilverStars]

In the post today, my husband received a letter. It was hand written with his name and address on the outside. No return info. The writing in the envelope is definitely a woman's

Inside is a copy of an "essay" I googled it and it's by Robert Louise Stevenson. It called "on Marriage"

The gist of it is that marriage has lots of ups and downs and requires communication

There is nothing else. No name, just a folded print out of this essay.

Any explanation, other than my fear? I have no reason other than this to suspect anything.

YABU - don't jump to conclusions

YANBU - he's cheated.

I'm shaking. This feels so surreal. I hope I'm overreacting. He's currently at work.

Ps. We open each other's post. We think nothing of it - usually. It's always junk or bills

Why so snarky? I’d read all of the thread actually, just said “yesterday” instead of, oh I dunno, “earlier”? I’m sorry my mistake offends you so much and leads you to draw a wrong conclusion

I think the OPs husband is having an affair with a JW who runs the local opticians

Oh this thread is brilliant.
Personally OP I believe that your dh is having an affair with an optometrist from Tyneside who is a JW.

@2021namechanger Did you not read the VERY LAST POST!

Omg literal cross post! Amazing

Well....14 mins between the posts so not really crossed

Thread is nearly full.

Under his eye... test.

I'm sorry that it's turned out that OP's DH is having an affair with the local optician, but I still feel that this kind of thing would probably not have happened if OP had not been opening her DH's post

(Sorry, OP - couldn't resist. Very glad to see that you've got to the bottom of it, and that all is well.)

Did someone say Jehovah!?

You're only making it worse for yourself!

what Choice4567 said

How could you tell it was a woman's handwriting though?????

Oh it was a woman. Amazing that.

Have you considered that it could have been JW?

I only had time for a quick skim through the thread...

So I think it was concluded that the JW's are sending eye tests to people they consider beyond the pale to see if the receivers are able to identify the gender of their members via their handwriting?

Is that right?

red velvet curtain sweeps across the stage
THE END

Encore! Encore!
( throws )

standing ovation

@TheOneLeggedJockey

Well, some of us are quite new, and missed the "See All" button at the bottom of the initial post! Shan't make that mistake again! Although my reasoning still stands.

But even if you’re new @Mamanyt - surely it’s still obvious that a super long thread will have moved on from what was presented in the OP....?!

Not when you are wading through over 150 emails on a typical day. I admitted a fault. I have said that I won't miss that again. Is there some specific reason that you want to beat a dead horse, other than making someone feel stupid? BTW...that says far more about you than about me.

A couple of people quite kindly pointed out that button to me. You decided to snark at me after I had admitted a fault. Thank you. And, in case you missed it, that was snark, as well.

Ha ha, welcome to Mumsnet @Mamanyt the home of supportive sisterhoods

@BloggersBlog

Well....14 mins between the posts so not really crossed

Pretty much is by the time you're read 900 plus posts. That would easily take much more than 14 minutes

I think it was JW's.

Ditto the JW theory. My work colleague received one (see pic)

@MisterT373

Ditto the JW theory. My work colleague received one (see pic)

probably best to amend the photo as it has name address and phone number on it

@MisterT373

Ditto the JW theory. My work colleague received one (see pic)

That letter has two different handwritings. I wonder which is the husband's and which the wife's?

You think it's over, then comes the encore 😂

@AdobeWanKenobi

You think it's over, then comes the encore 😂

I’ve taken my coat off and sat back down 😂

Popcorn anyone 🍿