So ... this is me trying to figure out for my friend (not me) so don't shoot the messenger.
Your husband gets a text from his daughters phone from her friend wishing him a happy new year, he reply's thanks darling then deletes those two messages individually, not know long my mate clocked it ...
I said it's probably because he apparently finds daughters friend annoying and don't want her message on their thread... she thinks it's really odd.. nothing else in it apparently just her wishing happy new year but she's annoyed he's deleted them and didn't say she just saw him do it , when she dropped friends babe into convo he said oh she text me on ????? Phone wishing me a happy new year for some reason .... so he's not lied
I've told her not to worry she's a kid at the end of the day