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Head turned

194 replies

BeMauveOrca · 16/01/2026 11:48

I have a need for a female perspective on a situation I find myself in.

for context, I have been with DW for 20 years, but over the past couple of years it has been purely platonic.
here’s what’s started to do my head in. A mum at one of my son’s sports clubs has taken a beeline to me. It started with a friendly smile and hello, but has progressed to her insisting on walking back to the car park with me and our respective children in tow. This happened again yesterday and I couldn’t get her out of my head last night. Am I reading too much into this?

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MadamCholetsbonnet · 17/01/2026 11:37

You should stop the pick ups and swap with DW. Tell her why.

Focus on fixing your marriage or separation, but your fixation on this other woman makes you sound really rather ridiculous and sleazy.

Migrainedays · 17/01/2026 11:38

Maaate · 17/01/2026 11:28

Ooh! Pick me, pick ME!!!!

Most women on here are creeps and bullies.
Its not just the men.

Migrainedays · 17/01/2026 11:40

MadamCholetsbonnet · 17/01/2026 11:37

You should stop the pick ups and swap with DW. Tell her why.

Focus on fixing your marriage or separation, but your fixation on this other woman makes you sound really rather ridiculous and sleazy.

Shame no one said this about the other poster thats having an affair behind her husbands back.
And most on hear are supporting it.

mmmarmalade · 17/01/2026 11:44

You're so naïve @BeMauveOrca - it sounds very much like you have very little experience of women in general and the many, varied, complex and ever changing relationships they can and do have with men. You need a long hard look at yourself and your own relationship - unsophisticated thinking like this is seriously unattractive.

illuminada · 17/01/2026 11:45

Dream on weirdo

ForTipsyFinch · 17/01/2026 12:03

For gods sake 🙄🤦‍♀️

This is so embarrassing.

OriginalSkang · 17/01/2026 12:59

Maaate · 17/01/2026 11:28

Ooh! Pick me, pick ME!!!!

Oh grow up. The interaction with exhaustDAD on this thread is fucking embarrassing. And now im a "pick me" (fucking grow up) because I've pointed it out?

OriginalSkang · 17/01/2026 13:01

Migrainedays · 17/01/2026 11:38

Most women on here are creeps and bullies.
Its not just the men.

Edited

Oh WOW. Now I'm a creep 🤣🤣🤣

I look forward to the deep dive on my posting history proving what a creep I am. Please, post away

Migrainedays · 17/01/2026 13:03

OriginalSkang · 17/01/2026 13:01

Oh WOW. Now I'm a creep 🤣🤣🤣

I look forward to the deep dive on my posting history proving what a creep I am. Please, post away

I didn't say you.

OriginalSkang · 17/01/2026 13:04

Migrainedays · 17/01/2026 13:03

I didn't say you.

Yes, you literally did. You were responding and agreeing to a post about me

Migrainedays · 17/01/2026 13:08

OriginalSkang · 17/01/2026 13:04

Yes, you literally did. You were responding and agreeing to a post about me

I said most women on here are creeps.
I didnt specifically say you.
Its just a throw away comment no need to make a big deal out of it.

But it is MN if one can find something to pick at they will.

OriginalSkang · 17/01/2026 13:11

Oh do shut up. Throw your throw away comment at doormat in future if you dont want them to "make a big deal" of it

Maaate · 17/01/2026 13:25

TBF, I don't think migraine days was referring to you and was actually agreeing with your sentiments

MrFluffyDogIsMyBestFriend · 17/01/2026 13:51

In most relationships, sooner or later the woman (usually the woman) will lost interest in sex. So you have to decide whether you want to stay with your DW and not have sex, or move on to someone else, have a lot of sex for a few years and then end up in the same situation. Eventually you'll become old and no-one will be interested in you so you risk ending up alone.

Cakeandcardio · 17/01/2026 14:24

Some men just cannot get it, can they?
You are being so odd OP. And maybe you should avoid using phrases you don't know the meaning of. Perhaps leave this poor woman alone and a previous poster was right - describing your relationship with your WIFE as platonic because you are not getting sex and then saying your 'head has been turned' by some woman chatting with you. What a sorry state.

Migrainedays · 17/01/2026 15:06

OriginalSkang · 17/01/2026 13:11

Oh do shut up. Throw your throw away comment at doormat in future if you dont want them to "make a big deal" of it

🙄

Migrainedays · 17/01/2026 15:12

Maaate · 17/01/2026 13:25

TBF, I don't think migraine days was referring to you and was actually agreeing with your sentiments

Thank you.
I was agreeing with @OriginalSkang to begin with.
But I think she took it the wrong way thought she would have realised.
But im sure she may come back to tell me to type better or explain better.
I just left it with an eye role as I and many others can't get anything right.

Mlk8 · 17/01/2026 17:05

Some mums like to befriend dads because they perceive it will be less drama or because they have enough mum friends and some mums take pity on a nervous looking dad and so she 'adopts' him to make him feel welcomed. I think the woman is just friendly and your lack of sex is making you desperate for any attention. You need to seriously fix things or end the marriage because the path you are on will lead to cheating.

Mlk8 · 17/01/2026 17:08

If the woman was unattractive and or the man was saturated with sexual and romantic attention he would not give the interaction a second thought. When a man wants to shag a woman because he is lonely or finds her beautitul then everything she does will affect him. If he didnt want her she could offer it on a plate and he'd 'not notice'. Men are excellent at blanking out sexually uninteresting women.

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