Firstly I should start by saying I am not usually the jealous type. I have no issue with male/female friendships etc. I’ve been with DH for 18 years and we’re in our 30s, we have a great relationship and he is a wonderful dad… but something is niggling me about one of his female work colleagues.
DH works in a largely male dominated manufacturing industry and always talks to me about work. I get the usual stories about colleagues who are usually (but not always) male.
However he has recently been mentioning a new name (let’s call her Jemma) quite a bit who is junior to him. I have noticed when he mentions her he smiles/ fluffs his words a little bit and has that glassy eyed look people get when recalling something fondly.
Obviously (like a lunatic) hearing her name so often I decided to look on Facebook to see who she was. She is ten years younger than me and utterly gorgeous.
He mentioned last night that she had been in his office (with another male colleague) over lunch and was asking him why we were having expensive work done at the house (to which his male colleague jokingly quipped ‘you obviously don’t know his wife’) - DH then trailed off and stopped telling the story which I found a bit odd - I was in the middle of cooking dinner and was tired so didn’t really press any further. I did go a bit quiet on him though for the rest of the night and he was almost OTT affectionate towards me as a result.
Now I’m writing this, it really seems like I’m probably being very silly! It feels like this could just be me feeling insecure. Its just it is still niggling me. Am I just overthinking this?