Dear Queenie,
An old friend is visiting the island and he invited me out to lunch to talk about old times and catch up on what we have been doing. We won’t be doing anything wrong, but I didn’t tell my husband because he is very jealous and would have a fit if he knew and I don’t think he will ever find out.
Queenie, do you think he would be right to be mad at me?—Uncertain wife
Dear Wife,
If you are keeping it a secret from your husband you are going behind his back, which is a betrayal of trust, and he would have a right to be angry. How would you like it if he did something like this to you?
Why not ask your husband to join you and the old friend – and the old friend’s wife, if he is married? If the spouses are bored stiff, at least they will know you are being honest with them. And who knows? It might turn out to be a four-way friendship.
