My husband and I work in the same organisation but in different jobs. A man in a senior role (to both of us but with more direct contact with my husband) started about 18 months ago. I'll refer to him as X.
I can recognise X is a good looking man, fit, GSOH etc but his (in my view, but honestly I really think anyone looking in would agree with me) incompetence is laughable.
I've noticed over the last seven or eight months that my husband has quite significant mentionitis about X, who also happens to live roughly in our area. His attention, usually elsewhere, is pricked if I mention I had a meeting with X or my husband shows me emails from him. In a slightly odd twist about five months ago X and I worked very very briefly (literally a couple of emails and one meeting) together (because I specifically identified a dangerous process) and X offered me a job (which I declined). The look on my husband's face when I told him was a mixture of indignation, confusion, embarrassment and jealousy (I think) and he very much supported my decision not to accept the job.
Just last night I mentioned I bumped into X whilst walking the dog and my husband sort of started and almost lept to the window to see if X was still there (despite it having been three hours earlier!). I also had good reason to email X earlier this week on a project but my husband told me not to email him and that he would do it. (Which I ignored but looking back was a weird thing to do).
X seems to have a warm relationship with most people in the organisation and is clearly well liked (why?! He is constantly making errors of judgement, has his foot in his mouth almost permanently, doesn't answer emails unless he wants to etc and I can only think the reason why staff haven't mutinied at this is because they must all fancy him?!)
Is this normal for men? I'm annoyed as I don't get half as much attention to my needs as my husband seems to be giving to X and his requests.