What would you make of this

[Usernameden]

What would you make of this?
Husband takes the dog on an uncharacteristically early walk without waking wife. Soon after, wife wakes and decides to run to the park thinking that she might meet them on their return. Wife meets husband and dog on their return stretch of the park. On turning around to join husband on the return journey, wife sees a couple in the far distance, exiting the area. The woman of the couple is a woman who the wife has previously suspected her husband of having an affair with. The man of the couple is this OW's husband. While walking away, OW looks around once directly at husband, dog, and wife, turns her head back, then immediately turns to look again and holds the stare for a few seconds. OW's husband is walking alongside her but does not look back.
Wife continues her conversation with husband, pretending not to have seen the other couple.

How out of the ordinary is this? What time is the dog usually walked?
It does seem very early. I'm surprised anyone was around at that time.
Strange coincidence.

Why do you suspect him, what other things has he done to arouse suspicion?

It's pitch black at 5.30-6 am

This can’t be real.

Absolutely a classic dogging set up I’m afraid. The stories I’ve heard are astounding

@LilyLongJohn

An adulterers dog, has the sorest paws

Any thing else happen op?

@Usernameden

Honestly the early EARLY walk here is the issue.

If he does not habitually take the dog out at 5.30 AM (!!!) then damn right there is something afoot.

As another pp pointed out , if you were a guy you would be crucified for being a controlling stalker . If you have such little trust, to the point you’re following him at 5.30am while he’s walking the dog , I reckon your marriage is pretty much done .

Sorry I didn't come back to update.
There had been developments since I last visited this forum although I have not got to the bottom of why there was this coincidental meeting of all of us on that particular morning.
After much effort, I have found out from a third party that essentially, 'something' had been going on between DH and this OW but that it was several years ago. It had stopped several years ago (I don't know why). What the 'something' involved I don't know. Third party seemed to think a closeness had developed between DH and OW and there had been something like a trip away together but I can't verify this as it was over five years ago and I don't keep a diary.
I don't know if the 'something' had restarted between them. It seems unlikely given that she had married. But maybe something to do with Covid triggered one or both of them into communication with each other. Or maybe it was just an amazing coincidence that all four of us had woken up early that day.
To clear that up @Dontletitbeyou I had not followed him on that morning. I did not have it in mind that morning that he was meeting anyone. I had woken up, probably by him closing the door when he left, and decided to go on my jog earlier as I expected he'd have taken the route similar and I thought it would be nice to walk back with them. That's why I was so surprised/shocked to see this OW there - because it was extra early and because I wasnt expecting to see anyone, let alone her. Seeing her there in
I hadn't seen her before in that place and I havent seen her there since.
Thank you all for your opinions. Some of them seemed to tune in to what I was thinking. A couple of suggestions were useful as I hadn't considered those options. One thing I've learned is to trust my gut.
Just to be clear for those who think I was stalking him: I wasn't. I am not that sort of person. Seeing her there I actually have since realised was a bit traumatising for me, just because it was not something in my mind and then to see someone who I'd previously had little niggly thoughts about in the past ... at such an early hour. If she had been alone, I would have assumed it had been a secret early meet. But, she was with her husband... that confused me. That was why I posted on this forum. It has been helpful.

I'm going to leave the early morning meet - if that's what it was - hanging in my mind because there was only one other time he left early and that was quite an odd event that I think made him feel extremely stressed. Won't give details as potentially outing.
As there haven't been any other early mornings since, I am going to assume nothing out of order is taking place.

Have you considered asking the ddog? Brings new meaning to dogging...
I would guess a 3some.
Poor ddog must want to bleach it's eyes..

My initial thought was maybe ow and your dp planned to meet on a dog walk , and her hubby maybe woke early too and joined her not knowing she had a meet with your dp planned??

Thank you for coming back to update.

Have you decided to stay and watch and wait?

Did you ask him about her and this trip away

Theres always something dodgy at the bottom of this stuff. Never ignore that feeling. You can read it on faces as well. I suspect her husband read her phone about them meeting up, she did a 'oh its all fine you can come' bit so he actually did tag along.

EIther that or you rumbled a duel.

weird though right.. 0530am 🤔😏

When I first read your post I thought that the OW's DH had become suspicious and wanted to talk to the OP's DH to find out what was going on. The meeting was set up early between the 3 to discuss it. That sounds like a stretch but the OP's last post doesn't eliminate this as a possibility. Is there evidence OP that DH set an alarm that morning?

I didn't hear an alarm that morning but there was another morning a little time after that when I did hear his phone ping just before he left with the dog really early. Both these times were during the first lockdown so routines were disrupted anyway. There weren't any other early mornings. My gut feeling is that for whatever reason they needed to meet each other and early morning would be the only time to do it during lockdown. The only reason I can think of for wanting to see someone at that time for a max of 15 mins at most say before it becomes suspicious is when two people are in love?! I think the fact that she was with her own DH completely threw me.
Anyway, shortly after the first incident of course I asked him about her but didn't mention that I'd seen her that morning. I just referred to historical niggles that I had had. It would be pointless asking him if he's been away with her because he would just deny it even if he had. He denied any wrongdoing completely. I do find it amazing that he would have been carrying on and me not know about it so I'm actually inclined to believe him but that probably makes me naive.

This just sounds like hell. Is this the sort of relationship you dreamnt of having one day?

her Husband followed her I'm betting

I'm struggling with any reasonable explanations.. purely because it was 0530am...

I'm convinced He arranged to meet her ... what are the chances of all these connected people randomly appearing in the same park... at FIVE THIRTY AM... my moneys on ZERO ...

He was meeting her and her Husband followed... caught