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'friend' claims DH sent her suggestive texts - wwyd

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chloechloeharris · 26/05/2019 19:28

long story so i'll try and keep it as precise as possible.

i have a friend who i've known for around 5 years through work. we had at one point a fairly tight knit friendship group of a few of us who worked together, which unfortunately fell apart due to her falling out with everyone in the group (bar me) over the years. it was all about silly little things (in my opinion) that got massively blown out of proportion, but resulted in me being the only one still in contact with her as i never saw a reason to not be.

everyone would always make jokes about her "fancying" me, due to the fact that she'd always causally make remarks about being "in love" with me and often subtly (and i thought subconsciously) copying me in terms of what i wore and that kind of thing. i thought nothing of it, she knew i was happily married and got on brilliantly with my DH.

anyway, last night i was at a party and whilst i was there i got talking to someone i knew who'd formerly been friends with her as well but, not surprisingly, also ended up falling out. she made an offhand remark about "not expecting you and her to still be close after the whole DH thing" and obviously i demanded to know what she'd meant. they looked taken aback and just kind of went "it's probably just another of her lies, it was ages ago" but eventually told them that this 'friend' had gone around telling people my DH had sent her 'innappropriate texts'.

i immediately texted my friend and brought this up, to which her response was "i can't remember exactly what but we were just chatting like normal and he kept making sexual innuendos" so obviously i called DH and told him to explain himself. he swore it was all lies and came to pick me up (i really didn't feel like staying longer) and let me check his phone. they barely spoke over text anyway and there were no texts of the nature she'd sent, and when i texted her this she claimed he must have deleted them and that it was years ago anyway so 'didn't matter'.

at this point i was obviously quite upset, so DH (who has never been unfaithful or given me a reason to believe that he has been) said he'd text her himself, his texts wouldn't deliver so he went to try on whatsapp and then fb message her but she'd blocked him on both - there is no reason for her to have done this as they'd never fallen out.

my other friends think she's lying as she has a habit of lying about a lot of things (she's falsely accused people of sexually assaulting her before for example) and i believe my DH but i still can't get what she's said out my head and i want to message her saying so but i'm not sure what to say.
any help or advice would be so gratefully received!

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MrsHormonal2019 · 27/05/2019 07:04

Why would he ever have been texting her anyway? I don't text my husbands friends and be doesn't text mine?

MarthasGinYard · 27/05/2019 07:04

The only bit that would concern me is the blocking thing.

Number3or4 · 27/05/2019 07:19

Do you it is very easy to abuse a lier, then just gaslight them. People won't believe liers so they are the perfect victims. It is very strange why she would block your dh on everywhere. Like you said you are her only friend, she might have been very scared to tell you the truth (especially if the texts made her feel uncomfortable not threatened). As a lot of people do 'shot the messenger '. She had a lot to lose so she went to a third party who shut her up. She didn't mention it again (was prepared to bury it), then the third party stirs shit. If it was years ago, why bring it up now?

SunshineCake · 27/05/2019 07:23

She is lying. I really hate how people use being abused as a reason to behave badly. It's really not and is doing a disservice to those who have been abused and manage to live a good life without shitting on anyone else.

Believe your dh. There are no messages. Are you still friends with the rest of the group and did they believe your dh had sent them?

Ohyesiam · 27/05/2019 07:27

It sounds pretty obvious that she I s lying.
She has form for it, and your husband doesn’t.

MrsDesireeCarthorse · 27/05/2019 07:32

Text her back. "Don't bother and don't come near us again." Then block.

Kahlua4me · 27/05/2019 07:36

It is obviously all made up in her head in order to gain attention from those she told the story too. People like her often act like that for attention from others.

I worked with somebody just like that a long time ago. She was desperate for attention but went the wrong way always to get it. I had a bad car accident and my boyfriend rang her just to let her know what had happened and that I wouldn’t be at work for a while. She then told everyone that he had been ringing her arranging to meet up and refused to pass his number on to the others at work for them to ring about me.

Your situation sounds similar op and I would certainly believe your dh. You trust him and he has never shown himself to be untrustworthy whereas she has, several times. I wouldn’t contact her again and block her. Also don’t believe any “evidence” she may dig up as she is capable of fabricating it.

Jengnr · 27/05/2019 12:01

Look at the way they’ve both acted in the wake of this revelation. She’s talking shite.

TaliZorahVasNormandy · 27/05/2019 12:31

She's a fantasist.

Beware OP, fantasists can get quite nasty when their lies are exposed.

ScreamingLadySutch · 27/05/2019 13:08

Borderline personality disorder

block

FaithFrank · 27/05/2019 13:25

This person is not your friend.

Foofer · 27/05/2019 13:50

Ask her if she showed the alleged messages to any mutual friends at the time if she "can't find them".

chloechloeharris · 27/05/2019 21:24

i've blocked her 🎉 the messages were nowhere to be found and she wondered if maybe she'd deleted them at the time so as not to "cause trouble"

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chloechloeharris · 27/05/2019 21:26

oh also to anyone wondering - dp has her number/has texted her in the past because they are friends too, but only really through me iyswim so they wouldn't spend any time together when i'm not there

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KickAssAngel · 27/05/2019 22:25

OP - you say you've been cheated on before. As crappy as your ex-friend is - can you see how your DH's behaviour was supportive and open throughout?

Can this help you to feel more secure with him? Not just that he sounds highly unlikely to cheat, but also he's really got your back, even when he could have seen this as you accusing him?

Dieu · 27/05/2019 23:10

IF your husband had sent these texts in the first place (doubtful!), then a good friend would have sat you down and told you about them herself. But no, she saw fit to tell everyone else about them instead. Her behaviour is at best disrespectful, and at worst toxic and deranged.

Smelborp · 28/05/2019 07:24

Just don’t speak to her again. Anything else feeds the drama. Trust your DH.

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