My partner and I split up for several months and when we got back together I had suspicions that perhaps he'd had a fling with a local woman. It was nothing concrete, just a feeling. The first time I saw her was when he and I were walking our dog and she was walking hers and we bumped into her and she seemed to know DP. I thought DP seemed a bit awkward during the interaction and seemed to 'pretend' not to know her.
I put it out of my mind because it was none of my business what he did while we were split up. Apart from a handful of times I saw her after that from a distance, I never saw her again. I knew DP had seen her though, because he mentioned seeing her, and bizarrely told me that she had said her DH had gone away to work. Not sure why he even told me that. After that, nothing at all for months.
I have now met her husband while on a dog walk and things became a bit strange. Long story short, this guy knew our dog by name! He said his wife was always mentioning that she'd seen (our dog's name) while out and about walking their dog. I realised I recognised the dog and so realised who he was.
He seemed to make a point of saying this. But odd thing is that I hadn't seen this woman for months.
I didn't correct the guy. I didn't say that no we hadn't bumped into her. I just stayed silent. Now I'm wondering if he was fishing?