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Husband staying over at boss’s house. Normal?

119 replies

Lana20 · 15/06/2026 14:30

Hi everyone. Does anyone think this is normal or something to be worried about? My sister’s husband works for a wealthy family that have a country house. He has been invited to stay with them for the weekend and he has accepted. My sister doesn’t want him to go but he’s going anyways as he’s hoping to get a bonus/promotion soon. His wife and her parents are also staying there & my sister finds it’s strange that he would want to stay at their house especially whilst his wife is there. Would this bother anyone or would this be considered normal?

OP posts:
Marissa270 · 17/06/2026 19:57

Has there been any updates?

Lana201 · 17/06/2026 20:04

Marissa270 · 17/06/2026 19:57

Has there been any updates?

Yes he ended up going and called my sister continuously while he was there. He didn’t have good reception though as there were in the countryside & what bothered her is he had to sleep in the room next door to the woman. He had to work closely with the lady again today and go out with her & some colleagues to lunch that she was not happy with again but he’s not willing to leave his job

busyd4y · 17/06/2026 20:32

FartNRoses · 15/06/2026 15:36

Tea. Spat. Walls

Is that the what three words of the horror house?

busyd4y · 17/06/2026 20:34

Lana201 · 17/06/2026 20:04

Yes he ended up going and called my sister continuously while he was there. He didn’t have good reception though as there were in the countryside & what bothered her is he had to sleep in the room next door to the woman. He had to work closely with the lady again today and go out with her & some colleagues to lunch that she was not happy with again but he’s not willing to leave his job

Edited

Why are you posting on your own thread with a different user name? That's a bit of an effort to go to, did you set up a 2nd account to do it?

Blondeshavemorefun · 17/06/2026 20:37

I would be more worried if the wife wasn’t there

saraclara · 17/06/2026 20:44

busyd4y · 17/06/2026 20:34

Why are you posting on your own thread with a different user name? That's a bit of an effort to go to, did you set up a 2nd account to do it?

I thought Mumsnet had put a stop to the ability to post more than once on a thread with different handles? Yet here's the OP doing that.

Batties · 17/06/2026 21:46

saraclara · 17/06/2026 20:44

I thought Mumsnet had put a stop to the ability to post more than once on a thread with different handles? Yet here's the OP doing that.

They have. The only way the OP could be doing so is if they have multiple accounts, which is against MN talk rules.

Blondeshavemorefun · 17/06/2026 21:59

Batties · 17/06/2026 21:46

They have. The only way the OP could be doing so is if they have multiple accounts, which is against MN talk rules.

Or Log in via an iPad or then iPhone so diff ip address

busyd4y · 17/06/2026 22:01

saraclara · 17/06/2026 20:44

I thought Mumsnet had put a stop to the ability to post more than once on a thread with different handles? Yet here's the OP doing that.

From a different account, you can't name change in the same account but I'm sure you can have as many accounts as you can be bothered to set up

moderate · 17/06/2026 22:13

Batties · 17/06/2026 21:46

They have. The only way the OP could be doing so is if they have multiple accounts, which is against MN talk rules.

I think this one is also the same person, except in this one it's a stunningly beautiful cousin instead of a stunningly beautiful sister.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/relationships/5542500-why-do-men-cheat-if-their-wife-is-beautiful

Why do men cheat if their wife is beautiful? | Mumsnet

Hi everyone does anyone know why a man who has a stunning wife that he loves still looks around for other options or cheats? It’s something I can neve...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/relationships/5542500-why-do-men-cheat-if-their-wife-is-beautiful

BeardySchnauzer · 17/06/2026 22:15

Yes - it feels like someone desperate to show men and women can’t be friends/colleagues

potentially their DH has cheated with an unattractive woman?

Pearlstillsinging · 17/06/2026 22:23

Sister is bonkers!
It is perfectly normal to invite someone who is working away from home to social events over the weekend
What else is he supposed to do with his free time?

Sara329 · 17/06/2026 23:06

Lana201 · 17/06/2026 20:04

Yes he ended up going and called my sister continuously while he was there. He didn’t have good reception though as there were in the countryside & what bothered her is he had to sleep in the room next door to the woman. He had to work closely with the lady again today and go out with her & some colleagues to lunch that she was not happy with again but he’s not willing to leave his job

Edited

Is there a reason for her to ask him to leave his job though. It doesn’t seem like it’s anything more than work

OMGDidYouSayThat · 17/06/2026 23:42

Well he’s either impressed his boss and he’s up for a promotion or he’s off for some kind of orgy, i hope it’s a promotion 😯

BeardySchnauzer · 17/06/2026 23:49

Given he was going for the weekend when the thread was started on Monday and it’s only Wednesday - the update is off the mark

Nine2five · 18/06/2026 00:25

busyd4y · 17/06/2026 20:34

Why are you posting on your own thread with a different user name? That's a bit of an effort to go to, did you set up a 2nd account to do it?

I think op is the actual wife.

Husband abroad should keep his mouth shut in future about colleagues comments regard his dress sense and sharing time with his bosses family. It seems his wife will hound him out of his job for no good reason than she is jealous of a woman she has presumably never met, considering she lives abroad.

if wife doesn’t trust her husband to behave himself abroad, then why did she not go with him?

WhatTheHellsGoingOn · 18/06/2026 04:10

Lana20 · 15/06/2026 15:09

The other issue is her husband gets jealous if she goes out with friends while he’s working abroad yet he can go stay at his boss’s house or go out with friends

So when he’s back from his weekend chez boss your wife can arrange to go out without him. Ideally before he goes she can make this point that if she’s meant to be ok with him staying there without her he can never get pissed off with her going out without him. If he can’t agree to that he shouldn’t go, hypocritical bastard

Thisistyresome · 18/06/2026 14:50

I’d be more concerned that he needs to bring a little old lady with lots of small village references who can solve the murder that sounds inevitable…

rainbowstardrops · 18/06/2026 15:15

This is bonkers. If it’s true, I think you your sister needs to get some help with her insecurities.

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