I’m 27 and seriously worried about the relationship my best friend has with my husband. Am I over-reacting?

A young woman becomes concerned about the disturbing dynamic between her husband and her best friend. She wonders if his “bizarre” behavior is enough to cause a fight.

The anonymous 27-year-old, who has been married for three years and is a mother of a toddler, revealed details about her husband’s increasingly close bond with her girlfriend.

Hailey, 28, has been a fixture in the woman’s life for a decade and was even chosen as a bridesmaid at her wedding.

The woman revealed that Hailey and her husband are in an open relationship and claimed the lifestyle ‘wasn’t really for him’ [her]’.

Despite her husband’s indifference towards Hailey in the past, a shared love of gaming and TV shows seems to flip a switch.

“Suddenly she’s the only thing he talks about and wants to hang out with,” the woman wrote.

It started on Christmas Eve when Hailey invited the man – without his wife – for a drink.

“I was angry because I didn’t get an invite,” she wrote, especially since she had been open about her ongoing battle with postpartum depression.

Left home to care for their toddler and prepare Christmas dinner, the woman said she was promised her husband would only be away for an hour or two.

Almost midnight she called his phone but got no answer.

The man finally came home at 1 a.m. and claimed Hailey took his phone so he wouldn’t leave.

“Her husband was in charge of this,” the poster added, but she remained enraged at the thought that her husband had been unreachable in case of an emergency with their child.

A Boxing Day gathering stirred the pot again when Hailey, who is asthmatic, said she had run out of her inhaler.

Shockingly, the woman’s husband offered their toddler the inhaler without consulting his wife – and Hailey took it home.

“I was upstairs taking care of our son and didn’t know about the inhaler until the next day,” she explained, adding that their son’s asthma, while usually manageable, flares up when he has a cold, causing her to struggle to replace the asthma. essential medication before returning to daycare.

The woman also recounted a conversation about upcoming movies in which her husband casually suggested seeing Chainsaw Man with Hailey.

A young woman becomes concerned about the disturbing dynamic between her husband and her best friend

When she asked why he didn’t consider coming with her, he dismissed the idea, saying she hadn’t seen any of the others in the franchise and that someone would have to stay home with their son.

“It was a blow,” she admitted, noting that her parents had offered to babysit so the couple could spend quality time together.

Now the woman is torn between addressing her feelings or dismissing them as jealousy.

“I don’t want to seem controlling, and I’m not sure if these thoughts are valid or if I’m exaggerating,” she wrote, asking the Reddit community for advice.

The story has left readers divided, with some labeling the man’s behavior as inconsiderate and inappropriate, while others suggested the woman’s concerns could be heightened by her post-natal depression.

“If he’s gone all Christmas Eve… he’s either incredibly inconsiderate, or he’s cheating. Not good either way,” one person said.

‘You’re certainly not exaggerating. At this point, Hailey would be my ex-best friend. And if the man isn’t careful, he’ll be next. Sounds like an emotional affair,” wrote another.

“I think your husband is excited to finally have a friend who shares his interests and gets carried away at your and your son’s expense. That’s obviously not okay, but it’s not a marriage problem,” one woman said.

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