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The Guardian - Life & Style • Feb. 15, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
My husband has started a friendship with a woman he used to work with. Am I right to be worried? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
It’s possible this is a platonic relationship, but your concerns are valid and your husband isn’t providing any reassurance My husband and I are in our 60s. We have been married for 40 years, some of it happily, some not so much.
Our children are grown up and gone, and we have recently retired. Some of our tensions over the years have been around my husband’s tendency to be undermining and belittling .
He claims not to understand why I might find certain things upsetting, yet refuses to engage with couples counselling (apparently I would tell lies). We have muddled through and mostly get on well now, though he dislikes most of my friends and siblings, and won’t socialise with them.
Our children are grown up and gone, and we have recently retired. Some of our tensions over the years have been around my husband’s tendency to be undermining and belittling .
He claims not to understand why I might find certain things upsetting, yet refuses to engage with couples counselling (apparently I would tell lies). We have muddled through and mostly get on well now, though he dislikes most of my friends and siblings, and won’t socialise with them.
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