A woman has taken to social media to vent her frustration after her husband invited a female friend to work from home with him in their house, and does so twice a week.
Posting on Mumsnet, she said that her husband works from home in the house they both live in and recently invited a guest – unknown to his wife – to work at home with him.
She said that the female friend has space to work in her own home and due to being so close to London there are plenty of other options she could take to work in, but instead opts to work with the troubled wife’s husband.
She also said that her husband did not ask if it was OK and just went ahead and invited his friend over, which did not sit well with her, but she does not know how to bring the issue to him because it feels “silly” to say it out loud.
She said: “My partner has worked from home since Covid and has now invited a female friend to come over and work with him here in our spare bedroom office.
“We’re south of London so plenty of spaces to work if it was needed elsewhere. Is this something other people would be comfortable with or is it not normal? On the one hand, she’s his friend so I shouldn’t find it not normal, but I can’t see any other reason to do this other than to spend time with her?”
She said that it doesnt sit very well with her because they don’t even work for the same company or do the same job.
She said: “I don’t know if it’s just me and I feel too silly to say it out loud. He works in IT and she does something with insurance so I’m at a loss as to the point.”
The female friend works there once or twice a week, and when asking the parenting site if it was not normal most people agreed with her, one commenter admitted that she used to work with a male friend in her home and it created a type of intimacy they never had before.
In the comment, the anonymous commenter said: “Me and my colleague worked in each other’s homes when we lost our office space. I’ll admit it did bring about a kind of intimacy we didn’t have before that.”
Others also agreed with the worried wife that it did seem odd that the friend would opt to work with her husband because there was no clear reason why she had to, aside from wanting to spend time with the husband.
One person said: “I think it’s nuts, absolutely nuts! I don’t suppose you could try the same and invite someone over to work with or start ‘working’ at a guy’s house? See if he’s ok with that? Could you speak to the woman? If they were working in the same company I’d understand it a bit more but they don’t so it’s really really strange behaviour.”
