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Husband away with work, met up with friend and his wife, and his other friends gf is in town alone. Would you be annoyed if they met up?

10 replies

Oliveover28 · 07/06/2025 21:09

So my husband has flown out of state for work. He is staying at his friend and his wife’s house.

his other friend (where we are from) text him saying oh hey my girlfriend is there you should meet up with her?

we have met this girl 1 time and he has been with her a matter of months

would you be annoyed if your husband met up with this girl? Luckily for me, the husbands wife is in bed not feeling well, otherwise he said he would have! I’m wondering why he won’t go and meet her with just the other man, maybe because the girl in bed wouldn’t like it either!

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FrodoBiggins · 07/06/2025 21:14

No

namechangedforthis08 · 07/06/2025 21:16

Huh? Your post doesn’t really make sense.

presumably your DH has told you this , therefore he has nothing to hide.

And ya know, it is ok to have friends of the opposite sex right?

You clearly don’t trust him, so probably best if one of you walks away now.

Branleuse · 07/06/2025 21:25

Yeah i would tell him that you would rather he didn't meet up with his friends new girlfriend that he barely knew.

FrodoBiggins · 07/06/2025 21:32

Branleuse · 07/06/2025 21:25

Yeah i would tell him that you would rather he didn't meet up with his friends new girlfriend that he barely knew.

Fair enough but be prepared. If my DP told me he would rather not me meet up with a friend I would ask why not. If he said it was because he thought I would cheat on him, I would probably break up with him.
Having said that, given that you don't want him to, whether or not you have said anything you clearly don't trust him, so perhaps the end result is the same.

isolate34 · 08/06/2025 10:43

I do think it would be a bit odd to meet up with a mates girlfriend you've only met once tbh, regardless of whether it was a husband or a wife going to meet up with her. I wouldn't want to meet up with one of my friends new boyfriend /girlfriend alone who I'd only met once, but maybe that's just me being socially awkward 😂

OhBumBags · 08/06/2025 10:54

Luckily for me, the husbands wife is in bed not feeling well

This really jumps off the page for me.

You feel 'lucky' that he's unable to meet with his friend's girlfriend when they happen to be in the same area?

What's the backstory? Why do you trust him so little that he can't meet someone for a coffee or a bite to eat, if they happen to be female?

Do you think he's going to try to have sex with her?

mindutopia · 08/06/2025 16:11

This is all very strange. I probably wouldn’t care either way, but I cannot imagine Dh going to meet up with some random friend’s gf of 3 months who he’s met once. I mean, if her car broke down and she was stranded and his friend asked him to go give her a lift, sure. If Dh had time away visiting a friend, he wouldn’t want to waste it meeting up with a random gf of someone and making small talk. He’d be spending time with his friends or catching up on work or doing an activity he enjoyed.

Hillrunning · 08/06/2025 16:17

When travelling for work, it is very common to spend time with people you only have very lose connections with. If you didn't, you'd spend far too many sad hours alone. I don't think it is strange at all for the local friend to think 'oh my gf is travelling to a state where three of my friends will be, how nice that she will have a little company for a bit'

NarnianQueen · 08/06/2025 16:40

Maybe I’m cynical but I’d read it as the friend wants someone to keep an eye on his girlfriend! Unless she’s very needy why would she want to meet up with random friends of her boyfriend?!

FrodoBiggins · 08/06/2025 17:33

NarnianQueen · 08/06/2025 16:40

Maybe I’m cynical but I’d read it as the friend wants someone to keep an eye on his girlfriend! Unless she’s very needy why would she want to meet up with random friends of her boyfriend?!

Maybe she's sociable? Some people prefer to make new friends than sitting around alone. Better still if it's a friend of a friend and therefore a strong recommendation. If working away from home and not busy I would totally meet up with my DPs friend if we happened to be in the same place, even if we'd never met, let along once, as long as there was some hint that we'd get on.

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