A concerned woman has taken the internet by storm after claiming that her husband is blurring the lines between flirting and banter while talking to one of their mutual female friends
Everybody loves to have a laugh, but when does banter turn into flirting?
One woman has taken the internet by storm this week, after claiming that her husband’s level of small talk with a female friend is starting to give her the ‘ick’. Before delving into her story, the anonymous Mumsnet user explained that she and her partner are friends with a similarly aged couple that do ‘a hobby’ together.
Mysteriously, she doesn’t unveil what this hobby is, but said it required meeting up at regular events with various others who are also interested in ‘the hobby’. Taking to the platform, she wrote: “Increasingly my [husband] and this girlfriend have been ‘bantering’ a lot in a way that looks to me like high school flirting – constant joke insults to each other etc.
“They were doing it a lot at a recent event, and now in the comments of a social media post. I’m starting to feel a bit annoyed by it.”
Both couples rarely see each other and actually live very far apart, but the woman can’t seem to get this suspicious banter out of her mind. And even though she does like the other woman, it’s obvious there isn’t complete trust between them.
On occasion, it’s claimed the other woman is even quite patronising towards the Mumsnet user – dishing out backhanded compliments and acting rude when out of earshot of others. “She’s very much a ‘one of the boys’ type,” the writer added. “And from comments she’s made I get the impression she’s insecure in some ways.”
To make matters even worse, the writer also explained that ‘the hobby’ requires going abroad to a big event this year, but she is unable to go, with her child only just starting school. As a result, her husband, the suspicious woman and her boyfriend are all planning to go together without her.
“Although I could possibly go along, with lots of family favours called in to come over to pick up [my son] from school and look after him all weekend, I’m not sure I can be a****,” she said. “However the idea of [my husband’s] and this woman’s ‘banter’ going on all weekend with her in a bikini, and me stuck at home with [my son], is making me feel pretty icky.”
Unsurprisingly, the anonymous post has since been met with countless comments, with many users quick to suggest that she has every right to feel concerned about the situation. One person wrote: “You are definitely not being unreasonable. He is behaving like a love struck teenager, not a married man.”
Another added: “Trust your gut. Tell your [husband] how uncomfortable this banter makes you feel. He might not be flirting, but I bet she is”, as another chimed in: “Tell him he looks a fool and to knock it off.”
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