Dear mumsnetters, I would appreciate your gut reactions to the following text sent to my DH from a female acquaintance during lockdown.
Bit of context: DH has a friendly personality. I wouldn't call him a flirt, but I would say he likes people to like him (both genders).
He and the woman who sent the text have known one another a few years. They know one another through work dealings but have never met in person (to my knowledge). They would previously have had reason to contact one another over the phone maybe once a month at most due to work.
He's mentioned her a few times over the past few years, stuff I can't really remember, but got the feeling they'd have a quick personal chat while on the phone at work. I was under the impression she had left the company quite some time ago.
I thought it was all above board, she didn't enter my radar at all, then I notice that she sent this to his personal phone earlier this year. It was part of a short conversation about what was happening during lockdown:
'definitely is keeping you out of trouble lol x'
The reason I looked at his messages was that I had become concerned about a texting relationship during lockdown with an entirely different woman (he says this is all above board, and the messages seem to confirm this). I haven't asked him about this one though.
He moved the chat with her from SMS to WhatsApp in May, then nothing since. She's not on his messenger list, she's not a FB friend and he has no other chat apps.
Gut reaction please?