A woman can’t shake her suspicions as her husband is ‘always texting’ an old school pal and often stays the night at hers. But he shuts the conversation down when she mentions it
How would you feel if your partner had regular sleepovers with their best friend of the opposite sex?
One woman has asked for advice after finding herself in this tricky predicament, as her husband keeps staying over at his female pal’s house. She’s struggling not to feel suspicious, admiting she thinks it’s “only a matter of time” before the pair begin a sexual relationship – if they haven’t already.
The stressed wife explained that he’d “reconnected” with the woman at a school reunion, and ever since they’d been inseparable. Her husband claims that they were just “making up for lost time”, but deep down, she’s worried something sinister is going on.
Writing to The Sun’s Dear Deidre column, the woman expressed her concern about the rekindled friendship, revealing that her husband calls her “silly” whenever she tries to speak to him about the situation.
“At first, I thought it was only innocent, but when days out with her quickly turned into sleepovers at her house I knew something was amiss”, she penned. Another red flag was that he is “always texting her” when he is with his partner, rather than focusing on the moment with the person he’s been with for “eight years”.
She added that she doesn’t want to be “controlling” towards him, but she can’t help but feel “uneasy” when the pair are together – especially on sleepover nights.
Deidre offered advice, recommending that the woman doesn’t “jump to conclusions” about what her husband is up to. However, she did acknowledge that the man is showing a “disregard” for her feelings.
“It does seem unlikely that anyone planning an affair would be so open about it, but that doesn’t take away from the fact he’s neglecting your relationship”, she explained. Rather than keep bringing it up in the way she had been, she recommended that she be more straightforward, and tells him that she’d appreciate it if he “took a step back” from the friendship.
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