Really wierd email, how do I handle it?

[SourCreamnChive]

Last night I received an email from a male friend saying stuff like "I just wanted to tell you how much I want you, I want to make love to you ... " etc etc

There is NOTHING going on between me and this bloke, we're not even that friendly enough to joke around with each other like this and he is happily married with children.

It's VERY out of character for him which leads me to believe that it wasn't him that wrote it. It did however come from his email address and was addressed personally to me and sighned off in his name.

Surely even if he didn't write it, he will know of its existance since it came from his address?

Do I mention it to him (as in a "hey, what you playing at sending me saucy emails lol") or totally ignore it?

What AllFallDown said..
I had a male colleague send me a work email, signed 'Love Paul xxx'

I'd just heard him talking to his wife on the phone before he sent it... it does happen.

My hubby once tried to send me a romantic email from work and accidentally sent it to very senior chap who had surname that started with same 5 letters of the nickname dh had for me then. The chap replied "Surely some mistake. If not I fear we may have a problem."
Still I agree with others that his excuse is lame if it actually had your name on it. I'd say just totally drop it and be flattered that someone feels that way about you.

Is it possible that he is having an affair with someone with the same name as you and then sent it using your email address by mistake?

You must be able to tell from what he said in the email whether his explanation is plausible.

"I just wanted to tell you how much I want you, I want to make love to you ... " could be used in both a long-established relationship or a burgeoning one I suppose - the first sentence is a bit borderline though.

But what about the rest of it? Does it imply familiarity or fantasy?

I too can understand sending an email to the wrong address - I once instant messaged someone I was talking to on the phone instead of another colleague purely because I was talking to her .

If he used your name to write the email that is a bit different as choosing the email address is essentially scrolling through an address book alphabetically but writing the email you kind of have to have the person in mind to decide what it is you want to say.

Trust me though, whatever the truth is he is a lot more about it than you are!

Unless you have suspicions that he is likely to play away (in which case maybe steer clear of him and his wife so you don't get inadvertently cuaght up in anything) I would honestly do NOTHING. It is not impossible that he made a mistake. Give him the benefit of the doubt. It is not your problem.

I reckon he's having an affair with someone with same name as you.

Nothing you can do, forget it, ignore it and carry on as you were!

(bet he's shitting himself now!)