A woman has been left concerned after her husband started talking to his 'work wife' more than her, and would share snaps from their days out with other women in his life.
Sharing the story anonymously, the woman said that her husband would regularly refer to his female friends at work as 'work wife' or 'work mistress', or names of that nature.
She never thought anything of it and had no problem with the strange nickname, but now she feels on edge as her husband spends more time talking to his 'work wife' than his actual wife.
To make matters worse, he even takes pictures from his day-to-day life, including day trips with his wife, and sends the pictures first to his work-wife.
Sharing the story on Reddit, in a post which has since been deleted, the woman said: "My husband and I have been together 11 years. He has had platonic friendships at work and refers to these women as work wife or work mistress.
"I have absolutely no problems with that. His job was making him unhappy at work and home so we sat down together and figured out he should switch jobs so he wasn’t as stressed.
"His work mistress had recently moved to another company about an hour away working for an ex-boss of theirs from the previous company.
"My husband was offered a job there and he is so happy there! I am so glad he made the move. Here is the problem I have.
"The work mistress he refers to as his best friend. Ok, no problem there. However, he is more engaged with this woman than he is with his own family!
"For example, we have a special needs child and when she does certain things to be funny we make a big deal out of it. She did one such thing as she was going to bed.
"My husband laughed at her antics then pulled out his phone to text his 'best friend' and tell her about it, as we were spending time as a family putting our child to bed.
"Then just yesterday we went to a local small zoo and while my husband was in the moment all throughout our walk in the zoo he was taking pictures.
"Not of me and my daughter enjoying the zoo but just of the animals. Then when we got in the car he started sending pictures.
"At first I thought he was sending them to me and I even thanked him. BUT, turns out he was sending them to her and then he sent them to me."
The woman went on to ask people if she was in the wrong for taking issue with this relationship and many people agreed she was not and urged her to speak to her partner.
One person commented: "It's good he found a job he is happy in, but your feelings aren't unreasonable here, even if you found no evidence of cheating. Listen to your gut. NTA for simply wanting to have a conversation with him about it. It's probably a conversation worth having."
Another said: "This whole 'work wife' thing is weird. And IMO just an excuse people use to low-key emotionally cheat on their SO's. The actions of your SO are a red flag. Watch out."
A third added: "Emotional cheating is a thing, but it's something that needs to be defined within your relationship. No outsider can tell you if what your husband is doing is ok or not ok, it needs to be established amongst the two of you."
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