Dear Prudence: Wife?s Best Friend Is Hubby?s Worst Enemy

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Dear Prudence Wife's Best Friend Is Hubby's Worst Enemy In a live chat, Prudie advises a man whose wife's best buddy is out to "destroy" him. By Emily Yoffe Posted Monday, Jan 09, 2012, at 08:05 PM ET Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of this week's chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.) Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon, everyone. So far I haven't slipped and written 2011 on anything yet. Q. Intrusive and Annoying Friend of Wife: One of my wife's friends has hated me since the day she met me. While early on, her hatred was tolerable, lately it's become annoying and more than a little creepy. I work in research and development, the same industry as her. I often have lunch with colleagues, both male and female, while we discuss work. She has spotted me a few times having lunch with a female colleague and without even talking to me, she's reported to my wife that she thinks I'm having an affair (even though it's been a different woman each time—apparently I really get around). My wife was suspicious at first but is not so worried now. (I've never cheated on her and have given her no reason to believe I have or would.) This woman ran into me last week and told me, "I'm going to destroy you" and walked away. I told my wife, and she said I must not have heard her correctly. How do I convince my ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate New Hampshire Debate: Gingrich Attacks Romney for His "Pious Baloney" The New CBS Morning Show Goes After the Adult Contemporary Crowd Chris Christie Responds to Female Hecklers With Lame, Offensive Oral Sex Joke at Romney Rally	Advertisement
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