She Asked Her Husband Not To Tell His Single Female Friend That He Loves Her Whenever They Talk On The Phone

deagreez - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
deagreez - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

This 32-year-old woman is married, and she and her husband – who is 36 – have been together for nearly 10 years now. However, they both came from quite different backgrounds, meaning they had opposing relationship experiences prior to tying the knot.

For instance, she never had any other boyfriends before getting married. She never flirted with anyone, and whenever a guy tried to flirt with her, she would just friend-zone them.

“My career was my only obsession. I did have a few crushes, but I never even had any real-life conversations with them,” she recalled.

Her husband, on the other hand, had a girlfriend at every school he attended. He’d also slept with three women before her while she’d been with no other guys.

At first, this was shocking for her, too, but she got over it. And now, a decade later, she believes their marriage is happy and healthy.

But, her husband still has one female friend, and how they interact has recently begun to rub her the wrong way.

For context, his friend is still single and a very extroverted person – addressing everyone as “love” and hugging them.

“I don’t have any problem with that. As you can imagine, she does that to my husband as well. And I know there is nothing between them,” she explained.

What bothers her is how her husband and his friend talk on the phone. Apparently, they speak once or twice per year over the phone for about an hour. And before they hang up, her husband and his female friend always say “love you” to each other.

deagreez – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

“As much as I know there is nothing between them, it hurts me,” she admitted.

She finds it endearing when her husband says “love you” to children or other older family members. But, she doesn’t think it’s appropriate to say it to a non-family member who’s the same age and opposite gender.

So, she wound up confronting her husband about it and asking him not to tell his female friend that he loves her anymore.

“We had a mini fight about it,” she vented, “But we are back to our usual selves now.”

Still, she can’t help but wonder if asking her husband not to say “love you” to his female friend anymore was really so unreasonable.

Do you agree that saying “love you” should be reserved for romantic partners and family members only? Or can you also love friends, even of another gender? Was she in the wrong or not?

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Katharina Buczek graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Digital Arts. Specializing ... More about Katharina Buczek

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