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honeybunszer's picture

I just went back to work this week and my daycare provider/friend of 2 years has been getting upset because i haven't been able to tell her if i will be full time or part time as i don't know my schedule yet (still in training). This is just a little backstory. So i went to her house this evening to clarify some things and we are talking and getting on the same page just fine, when her husband who also considers himself my friend walks in from the next room (where he was eves dropping). So he starts just basically repeating what his wife has already said "well we just feel this way and blah blah" so i broke down in tears. I know it sounds dramatic but i'm pms'ing and on top of that i just was feeling cornered and ganged up on, and i felt this was unnecessary as it was being handled between the two of us and she didn't need help, AND it was a business discussion, HER business (daycare). So when i got home i sent her a text simply saying that i'm not mad, because you have to clarify these things over text, but that i was kind of frustrated that i couldn't have a one on one conversation with her. She sent me a text back saying that they are a team and that if i feel that way i need to find someone else.

Does anyone else think that was wrong of me to say? I understand that a couple is a team and all that, but i wasn't attacking him or even saying i didn't like him, i was simply keeping that communication open as her friend that it's hard for me to want to talk to her when i feel like i can't talk to JUST her.

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melis070179's picture

Most women will be defensive if they feel someone is discounting their husband...She probably took it as "tell your H to butt out", even though thats not what you said. You really will have to deal with both of them or find someone else Sad

"Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy"

Nymh's picture

It sounds to me like her husband has told her to keep business and personal life seperate, but expects her to keep him in the loop on everything relating to her business. b Perhaps they consider themselves business partners. That is, if this is an actual business.

When it comes to business, your friend is not really your friend for that time. When you try to draw on your friendship it will not work because she is doing what is best for her business and her livlihood.

My boyfriend, who is a business owner, calls this "business mode". It's really hard for me to remember that he's not trying to hurt my feelings when he's in this mode, he's just doing what's best for the business.

*~So sayeth Nymh~*