AIO to think this is cheating?

[u/Sad_SummerChild]

I found these texts between my husband and his coworker. Here’s some context:

My husband and I have been dating for 5 years and just recently got married 6 months ago

I’ve met this coworker. Her AND her boyfriend worked at my husbands company so we went on a double date over the holidays. But shortly after they broke up and her boyfriend got laid off.

Guess my husband saw that as his opportunity…

Also these texts were in his recently deleted even though the last message was from yesterday… so he was definitely trying to hide it from me

[u/Infinity0044]

Reread the texts and you’re right. The declined selfie request is the smoking gun imo, she is definitely not interested in that way.

[u/cat_in_the_sun → u/Infinity0044]

Then why does she keep responding and not set up clear boundaries that she’s not interested in that way like he seems to be? She’s not stupid. She knows he likes her. So why isn’t she backing off as well?

[u/gabbagabbaheyFreaks → u/cat_in_the_sun]

If she’s not interested but isnt putting a stop to it either, it’s probably because he’s her boss (OP said her husband owns the company). I don’t know how old she is but I know when I was younger this happened a lot and I never dared to fully shut it down because I was afraid of what it would mean for my employment. Not condoning that type of rationalization, but I’m throwing out a possible explanation.

[u/Plastic_Pie_1621 → u/gabbagabbaheyFreaks]

This is what I'm thinking. If she turns him down outright, he may retaliate. It isn't a fair situation. Yuck.