DEAR ABBY: My husband has a woman friend who has a boyfriend. They recently helped us move, which we really appreciate. She likes to make sexual jokes, and my husband does, too. I’m not a prude, but I don’t enjoy the flirty vibe she puts out.
When they were helping us move, we went out for meals. She and I had privately shared that my husband and her boyfriend would sometimes forget to zip up after using the bathroom. Well, while we were walking to the car, she zipped up my husband’s zipper for him! I laughed it off, but it kind of caught me off guard. Later, my husband told me he thought it was weird, and so do I.
Should I tell her it was crossing a line? She seems pretty clueless, but I don’t want it to happen again. — AWKWARD IN THE WEST
DEAR AWKWARD: Your husband’s friend appears to have a difficult time understanding boundaries. Your husband should tell her that what she did was weird and, if he forgets to zip up in the future, she should tell him his zipper is open so he can fix it himself.
DEAR ABBY: I recently started a relationship with “Chase,” a man I’ve known for a year. We don’t have time to see each other during the week. I have two jobs; he has one. He works Monday through Saturday. He’s also in a sports league that gets together for practice and games on Sundays.