My Husband Refuses to End His 20-Year Friendship With Another Woman

Send us Fan MailShould marriage change the boundaries of a 20-year friendship between a husband and another woman?In this episode of the Husband & Life Podcast, an anonymous wife is struggling with her husband’s relationship with his female best friend—a woman who has been part of his life for twenty years.There has been no known affair.No kiss.No inappropriate messages.His friend supported him through bereavement, career struggles and some of the most difficult moments of his life. She was even at their wedding.For years, his wife accepted their friendship.But now she feels as though another woman knows a version of her husband she can never compete with.The breaking point comes when the husband and wife spend weeks discussing a major career decision and apparently reach an agreement.Then he talks to his female best friend.One conversation changes his mind.His wife finally asks him to end the friendship.He refuses.His argument?“If I end a twenty-year friendship because you’re jealous, we’re allowing jealousy to control our marriage.”Now Kelechi and Stan have to answer a difficult relationship question:Does marriage automatically make your spouse your most important emotional relationship—or can deep opposite-sex friendships continue unchanged after marriage?This episode explores female best friends, opposite-sex friendships in marriage, jealousy, emotional intimacy, relationship boundaries, loyalty, trust and the difference between controlling your spouse and protecting your marriage.Relationship Court: If the friendship existed for twenty years before you arrived and nothing physical has ever happened, do you have the right to ask your spouse to end it?Tell us your verdict and why in the comments.Subscribe to Husband & Life for weekly anonymous relationship confessions, honest marriage debates and conversations couples are often too scared to have.Support the showYou can follow us on www.instagram.com/handlpodcastPlease Share Like and Subscribe. If you're on Youtube make sure you also hit that notification button