Life/Relationships

Older Women Keep Telling Me My Husband Is a Catch

Should I feel threatened?

Heart Affairs
Published in
4 min readAug 8, 2024

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Photo by Centre for Ageing Better on Unsplash

I’m married to a good guy — a great guy.

The number of times I have been told that my man is ‘such a catch’ is so frequent that I couldn’t possibly count them.

I do have a stellar husband. He’s a solid partner. He’s a doll. He’s generous, handsome, and loyal among many other flattering attributes. I am well aware.

Yet certain people keep telling me what an amazing guy I have and how I should be grateful for that. These people are predominantly other older women.

My husband and I run a business out of our home. He goes out in the field and interacts with most of the customers in person while I do the communication and office legwork from my phone or computer. I text customers daily and I also speak to them on the phone.

When I make phone calls, it’s usually to our older female customers who still only use a landline. I can end up talking to them on the phone for quite some time if I catch them on a particularly lonely day. These ladies seem to have no problem telling me what a fantastic husband I have and how they would gladly take my place if we were to get divorced or… something.

Quite frankly, I’m not…

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Michelle Brown
Heart Affairs

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