2007-09-05 03:48:16 · 19 answers · asked by Kat T. 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
it's a woman he'll be working with for two weeks....
2007-09-05 04:06:05 · update #1
You should already know whether or not to trust him on this.
That aside, you shouldn't be jealous. Let me explain a business dinner. It is awkard before you get there because you have to find a decent place to eat out of town and you don't know what the other person wants to eat and you don't want to impose. When you get there, you a little nervous thinking that people are thinking you are together. Are your table manners up to her standards? What does what you are ordering saying about you. Is a glass of wine ok. I mean, you don't know this person so it is awkard sometimes.
Then you have to talk about something. After who's/how's the family you fall back on business.
Desert? Should I? I she on a diet? Will she order some? If she does and I don't then I have to sit there and make more small talk.
Believe it or not, the paycheck is the easy part. Protocol says the higher level person picks it up or company policy may say you split it.
The wierdest moment I had was a Japenese Steakhouse with an attractive single female manager that I really couldn't stand. That was the only time a waitress has ever handed us one menu to lean into to share. After a nervous laugh from both of us, I made up my mind real quick and she asked for the sushi menu.
Dinner out of town on a business trip is not a threat. Be worried if he is having dinner in your home town with a woman.
2007-09-05 04:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by Sway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't be jealous of MY husband doing that. I've had lots of business dinners with males and he didn't get jealous. But my husband is the exception, not the rule (as I found out on some of those business dinners with men who were more interested in monkey business than company business).
Yuppie love and fleeting attractions are a reality of the work force. They come and go and hopefully, no one gets so caught up in them that they act on impulse.
Having an open an honest discussion about this may help. Keep communications open.
2007-09-05 03:57:53 · answer #2 · answered by Fancy That 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you be jealous. I used to travel for weeks at a time with a team of people or just me and someone else (i worked for an audit firm and we were client based so we traveled all the time)
I would often eat dinner with the team members if it was one or two people. In a relationship or not it was business and it was considered good manners to eat together. I see no reason to be jealous. I am sure your husband cares more about you and his job than sleeping around. Sounds to me like you have a real jealously issue.
2007-09-05 05:21:51 · answer #3 · answered by Jim P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband travels on business from time to time. At his old job, his district manager was a woman, they had known each other long before I came along...as far as I know they never did intimate things...I asked. When they were on business trips together they ate and then went to the hotel bar. I never liked it very much...however I am positive nothing happened. She was just in my space is all....sort of.
2007-09-05 04:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by Rein 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going out to dinner with a person of the opposite sex (just the two of them) is not only a bad idea, it is not appropriate in any business setting if one or both are married.
This is simply a recipe for trouble, rumors, and the appearance of impropriety.
If your husband is doing this, you need to put a stop to it.
2007-09-05 03:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if the other woman was a co-worker and traveling for the same purpose...no.
If you are talking about him picking up any old woman at his destination...no. If he is taking another woman with him...no. For these two, jealousy would be a small thing compared to which attorney I was going to hire.
2007-09-05 04:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jealousy is the cancer of relationships. Don't be jealous. It could very well just be a simple part of his job that he has to do. If you trust him and love him then there should be no feelings at all except missing him while he is away.
2007-09-05 03:58:07 · answer #7 · answered by No one 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is never a good idea for a man and a woman to share lots of solo time together, and one or the other of them is married... just not.
2007-09-05 04:10:15 · answer #8 · answered by April 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no, if it was set up for a business dinner meeting then no, but is that really necessary, he would not be happy if you did that.
2007-09-05 03:56:25 · answer #9 · answered by xyz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I was, then we'd need to address the issue in our relationship (or I'd need to address the issue within myself) that prompted the jealousy...that mens there is a lack of trust (bad thing).
2007-09-05 03:55:22 · answer #10 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋