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Husband touching someone else

167 replies

Pollypocket89 · 01/03/2021 17:25

I need reality check. Without context initially, if you saw your partner hugging another woman with his arms around her but underneath her jacket, what would you think? Would you be OK with that?

I'll flesh that out but I'm just curious on the initial gut reaction

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kooked · 01/03/2021 17:26

Under clothes is far too intimate. No I would not be ok with that and I'm not a jealous person at all.

eatsleepread · 01/03/2021 17:26

I wouldn't like that, OP.

MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously · 01/03/2021 17:27

No, I would not consider that acceptable.

ruledbynine · 01/03/2021 17:30

Nope.

Pollypocket89 · 01/03/2021 17:31

Under jacket rather than under top, if that makes any difference

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uhtredsonofuhtred1 · 01/03/2021 17:34

Nope, it sounds like a bit more than a greeting type hug or even a comfort hug to me.

Redglitter · 01/03/2021 17:34

No definitely not. Hugging is fine but not like that. There's only one man I'd allow to hug me like that & were in a relationship. That shows a level of intimacy, you don't hug a friend or acquaintance like that

Redglitter · 01/03/2021 17:34

@Pollypocket89

Under jacket rather than under top, if that makes any difference
No it doesn't
ApplestheHare · 01/03/2021 17:35

No, underneath the jacket is crossing a line.

tbtf · 01/03/2021 17:35

Trying to look at it innocently: Has the woman's jacket ridden up because of the hug? If she's stretched her arms up the back might be pulled up? And then the hug was where the jacket would have been?
Anyway I'm probably still a firm no, not OK.

YellowandGreenToBeSeen · 01/03/2021 17:36

Depends how long the hug was, who the person was, where I was at the time, who else was there. Context would be key for me.

Scarby9 · 01/03/2021 17:37

No. Literally no reason for hands to be under anyone else's clothes in a hug.

Somethingkindaoooo · 01/03/2021 17:38

As in, " ooh, I'm coming in your jacket to share your warmth" - that kind of hug?

Somethingkindaoooo · 01/03/2021 17:39

Firm no!!!

Probably a leavable offence

ComtesseDeSpair · 01/03/2021 17:39

It sort of needs context. Who is she, why was it under her jacket, was it in public where you and others could be expected to see or was it meant to be secret?

4Mongrels · 01/03/2021 17:40

No

User1511 · 01/03/2021 17:41

Very intimate and inappropriate.

Loopyloututu2 · 01/03/2021 17:41

Nope, it’s weird.

Pollypocket89 · 01/03/2021 17:41

As in, her arms went around his neck and he moved her jacket with his hands as he put them underneath and round her waist under the jacket... For a reasonable amount of time

No one being comforted or anything, just leaving

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saltandsugar · 01/03/2021 17:41

Weirdly if she was just wearing a jumper/blouse a hug would seem innocent, but wearing a coat over the top of her jumper/blouse and him diving inbetween, seems like crossing a line to me.
I would feel uncomfortable if anyone but a lover did that to me

Palavah · 01/03/2021 17:45

Yeah, I'd not like that much

Redglitter · 01/03/2021 17:45

Her arms went round his neck? I'm sorry that's far too intimate too. If I saw a couple standing like that I'd assume they were a couple. I'd say there's something going on between them

Kelly345 · 01/03/2021 17:47

Still needs fleshing out. Cropped jacket? Was it open? Did he open it?

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 01/03/2021 17:48

I wouldn’t be comfortable with that.

Who is the woman? Sister/mother/aunt - obviously weird but not something to be too concerned about.

Colleague/friend/ex - not at all acceptable.

Bumblebee1980a · 01/03/2021 17:48

Very strange. No I wouldn't like that at all.

For me that would be crossing the line and I'd have to say something. I'd prob dig a little first.