Carolyn Hax: Untangling the Mystery – Was the Dinner with Her Ex-boss a Setup for an Affair?


Dear Carolyn: Recently, my girlfriend changed to a better position at work, thanks to the recommendation from an ex-boss. Here’s what transpired next:

· Ex-boss asked her to leave work early and meet him for dinner, as it was his last night in town.

· He asked her to drive and meet at his condo (his family lives in another city).

· They went to a restaurant with her favorite cuisine (my guess, he knew this from working together 10 years) that was walking distance from his condo.

In my mind, this was a textbook affair setup and/or an upper-manager power play, testing his power over her.

She did not share this setup with me until after the fact. She was oblivious to my concerns regarding the potential professional ramifications of going to an upper manager’s condo, then dinner, right after receiving a new job he was pivotal in her receiving.

Did I have the right to be (very) upset about this scenario? She swears it was all business talk and texted me on her drive home.

J.: Upset at whom? If this were your girlfriend’s hetero female ex-boss, then we’d be saying, gosh, what a thoughtful goodbye from a longtime mentor — logically planned, too, since meeting up and then walking meant neither waited around at the restaurant.

So. If you’re upset at the ex-boss, then okay, I guess. The setup did needlessly invite suspicion. But if nothing inappropriate actually happened, then any reason to be (very) upset seems to have expired with the harmless end to their dinner.

If it’s your girlfriend who has you so upset, then why? For going at all? For not giving you the details first? For showing interest in

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