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DH and female friend...

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User134089 · 28/12/2023 00:53

Hello, my DH (together 13 years, married 3, mid thirties) worked at a company in 2015 for one year and made friends with 3 people in that time that he kept in touch with after he left. This was when we lived together at my parents house and the company was based in the same town. We then moved away 2-3 hours drive. We go back fairly regularly to that town for holidays and stay with my parents (it's where I grew up and where all my friends are too). When we go back he will often meet that group of friends and have dinner/drinks as a four.

One of the girls in the group I cannot remember him really ever mentioning during his employment at the company but has taken to messaging my husband privately outside the group chat to ask him to meet up with her 1:1 in addition to the group meets, or in lieu of if the group aren't free. He's done this a few times and he has gone on walks with her around the town where my parents live while I'm at my parents house.

I've never met any of these friends and have asked but he said he would find it weird to bring me (another girl in the group has a husband but never brings him).

I know it's irrational but my gut reaction every time he tells me she has messaged to ask him to meet and he goes is uneasiness. I've never expressed this to him as the meets are infrequent as we don't live in this town anymore. However, we are TTC and hoping to move back to be close to family and friends. I think unfortunately this anxiety is just part of who I am and isn't a reflection of his trustworthiness; this is just how I feel in these types of situations because of my own experiences growing up, which is why I haven't said a word to him about how I feel. But today, as we are back over the Christmas period she has sent a message asking him when he's free for a walk in addition to the group meal they are doing tomorrow.

I am just wondering if I should try and talk to him about this, mostly due to my worries about how this could play out when we move back. In an ideal world I would prefer it if he just kept their meetings to the group situation.

OP posts:
Loubelle70 · 29/12/2023 22:18

Your husband likes the female attention. I would ask to meet her again and remind him if innocent he wouldn't object

MsDogLady · 01/01/2024 16:03

How did things turn out, @User134089? Did they meet for another walk?

HappiestSleeping · 01/01/2024 16:52

Cherryana · 28/12/2023 04:39

I wouldn’t like it one bit, I think it’s disrespectful to you and for me, unacceptable.

I do think it’s time that you got introduced to his friends.

If they are so close - why weren’t any of them at your wedding?

This 👆

I am a man, and would never voluntarily be alone with another woman as I think it is disrespectful. Other than a work environment, I can't recall any situation where it has been necessary. As an aside, I take my wife to all the work functions I can, and make it clear when I organise one that other partners are invited too should they wish and wherever it is appropriate. I got married as I like spending time with my wife. We don't live in each other's pockets by any stretch, just enjoy each other's company.

forcedfun · 01/01/2024 17:05

Trust your gut. They are pushing boundaries here and the fact you haven't been introduced is a clear
warning sign. They 'll convince themselves it's all above board and they are just friends though.

User134089 · 01/01/2024 19:57

@MsDogLady They had the group meet up on Thurs and that was all fine. He told me she text on the 27th asking to meet for a walk sometime over the subsequent days and that he replied he would get back to her. But then we never mentioned it again and he never did respond to her. I brought it up yesterday though and relayed my concerns that he's never reassured me and I don't know the dynamic, that my parents wouldn't understand if I saw them together, and asked him how he would feel if I made him stay at his dads house while I went for a walk with a man he had never met (he said he would find it weird!). Anyway he didn't say much just mostly listened to me but the conclusion was that he agreed I needed to meet the full group, and he said he felt 100% certain she wasn't interested in him like that - was just reaching out to him specifically because he's not around much as we don't live here anymore. He seems to think she wouldn't be contacting him for walks any more than she currently is when we move back.

OP posts:
caringcarer · 01/01/2024 20:26

I'd ask him if he's meeting up with the group why he needs to meet up with this woman on her own? He's seeing her anyway.

Snowdogsmitten · 01/01/2024 20:42

It is really quite weird.

SheilaFentiman · 01/01/2024 22:37

I’m glad you are going to meet them, @User134089

MsDogLady · 02/01/2024 14:58

@User134089, it was good that you addressed your concerns, and that you will be meeting the group. After 7 years of ongoing meet-ups, it’s time.

Sceptical123 · 15/09/2024 19:29

Any developments OP?

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