I’m very confused , our friend has falling out with us for not telling her how long my husband was off for mat leave ,
We had a baby a few months ago and my husband is nearly half way in too his 6 months mat leave . He works quite high up in a large insurance firm and there policy is to give every male worker 6 months full pay mat leave regardless of weather the mums on Matt leave too (we know how lucky we are to have this ) so we tent not to say to anyone unless they ask , as we don’t want to sound like we are rubbing it in any ones faces
I met up with a friend during the week and he was with me to drop me off I waved goodbye and me and said friend went in and sat down in cafe before the woman even came to take our order she snapped at me and said how come he’s dropping you off is he not back to work yet I said no he’s still on mat leave she asked what I meant and I explained about the 6 months off she snarled at me about how unfair that was because he husband who works for nhs only got 2 weeks I agreed and said I though all men should get longer mat leave I tried to change the subject but she turned to me and said “ are you even going to bother going back to work after this baby you didn’t with the last or are you just going to kid on to be the stay at home wife “
She knows I don’t have to work due to partners wage not from me but from my mother in law telling her mother I could of let the ground swallow me up right there , we had a very quite coffee and thankfully my husband was only round the corner at the shops so I made my excuses and left I’m not sure what she wanted me to say but she has since told her mother who’s then spoke to my mother in law and said she won’t be seeing me again I’m not sure what I could of done differently I feel worried to meet up with anyone else incase they question it and the same thing happens
Should I lie next time and say he just has annual leave ?