Her Husband’s Coworkers Think She’s His Sister, As That’s What He’s Been Telling Them
Six years ago, this 28-year-old woman started dating her 29-year-old husband, Josh, and four years ago, they walked down the aisle together.
They are both even-keeled, and they communicate in an incredibly successful way. She can honestly say she loves Josh with all of her heart.
Three years ago, Josh started a new job at a huge accounting firm, and he adores his work. He’s become quite friendly with many of his coworkers and frequently goes out with them.
She’s more introverted than Josh is, so she has never tagged along, or been invited come to think of it.
She has her own little group of people she’s close to, and she’s cool with her and Josh not having overlap there.
A couple of months back, she went out with her friends one Friday to grab drinks, and a guy walked up to her.
He blurted out her name, and she looked at him, puzzled, as she couldn’t remember where she knew him from.
He simply said that his name was Jake and that he was Josh’s coworker. Jake kept trying to chat with her, and she couldn’t figure out how to exit the conversation.
As he was going on and on, he mentioned to her that he thought it was wonderful she’s so close to Josh, as he hasn’t spoken to his own brother in forever.
Tatyana Kalmatsuy – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
That really confused her, but Jake appeared to be several drinks deep, and she blamed his nonsensical comment on that.
From there, Jake started hitting on her, and she got her friends to bail her out before they quickly left the bar.
She chose not to mention that night in the bar to her husband, as she expected Jake to forget about it since he was that buzzed.
She assumed things at work would be weird between Josh and Jake if she said anything, so she let it go.
Earlier yesterday morning, she was walking the dog she shares with Josh, named Monty. She stepped into a cafe she frequents in town and was on line when a man in front of her spotted Monty and said hello to him.
Monty was thrilled to see this man, so she knew he had to be someone else who works with Josh since Josh frequently brings Monty to his office.
“I thought it was sweet, to be honest, so I smiled at him and said hi,” she explained. “He introduced himself (I guessed correctly that he was a colleague), but then he said something like, “Aren’t you a good sister, walking his dog for him!”
“I was so confused that I didn’t even know how to react at first, so I stumbled on my words and just said, “It’s my dog.” I regret it, but I genuinely couldn’t bring myself to correct him and say that I’m Josh’s wife and not his sister.”
“It was just too awkward, and I just wanted to leave because I think [it] was suddenly dawning on me what might have been going on. He asked me something about “sharing a dog,” but I was able to escape the conversation by being next in line to order my coffee, and he left.”
After taking the night at the bar and the moment in the cafe into consideration, clearly, Josh has been going around telling his coworkers that she’s his sister, not his wife.
It makes her sick to think that he would do something like this, and she’s clueless as to how to confront Josh.
“I have only told one friend what happened because it’s so weird and embarrassing, and she has jumped straight to “time to plot his downfall” (because she’s my ride-or-die, love her), but I don’t want to immediately assume the worst or ruin my marriage over something that could be nothing,” she concluded.
What advice do you have for her?
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