Have your spouse’s friends taken over your relationship? Do you feel like the third wheel in your own marriage? If your spouse is always out with friends, they may be using this as an escape from you. Also, they may be using the excuse of being with friends to cover for the times when they are cheating with their spouse. Constantly going out is not a good sign for your relationship.

In a normal relationship, you should have some kind of interaction with your partner’s friends. You don’t have to be their food friend, but you should at least be aware of their existence. There’s a saying, “If you haven’t met their friends, you aren’t their girlfriend!” This is still applicable for marriages as well. If your spouse is cheating they may want to keep their social life and married life separate. They may also not want to have their friends feel pressured to maintain their deception. You should be very alarmed if you don’t know any of your spouse’s friends.

While your spouse is cheating with someone in their social circle, they may not want you in their social circle. To avoid suspicion, they may offer to hang out with you and your friends. This hides the fact that they don’t want to be with you. It’s a common tactic to hide the fact that they are up to mischief when they are with their friends. One more thing to consider is that if they always want to hang out with your friends, it’s possible they are cheating on you with one of your friends. This allows them to interact while you are around thereby avoiding suspicion.

If your partner is cheating, they are most likely cheating with someone who is very different from you. This means that they will be taking part in activities that you probably haven’t done with them.  This means that they will be socializing with people who have different interests. If your partner suddenly has a new social circle, new tastes, new habits, and new hobbies, they may be cheating with you.

Have your spouse’s friends taken over your relationship? Do you feel like the third wheel in your own marriage? If your spouse is always out with friends, they may be using this as an escape from you. Also, they may be using the excuse of being with friends to cover for the times when they are cheating with their spouse. Constantly going out is not a good sign for your relationship.

There’s a saying, “If you haven’t met their friends, you aren’t their girlfriend!” This is still applicable for marriages as well. If your spouse is cheating they may want to keep their social life and married life separate. They may also not want to have their friends feel pressured to maintain their deception. You should be very alarmed if you don’t know any of your spouse’s friends.

You should encourage your spouse to talk about their social circle with you. Better yet, they should try to incorporate you whenever possible. If you don’t engage in their social circle then you leave them exposed to the social pressures of socializing alone. Also, they won’t associate the fun of hanging out with their friends with you. Subconsciously you will be creating a situation where they have to choose. Don’t leave an open door for this kind of divide in your relationship.

Did your spouse always talk about a coworker of the opposite sex? Have they stopped talking about them at all? It might be a sign that that friend / coworker has moved from the friend category to the relationship category. You should be aware when this happens.

Imagine that you are walking with your husband in the mall and a woman walks up and says hi to him. She appears to be extremely familiar and engages in conversation for a moment or two. Now picture that this woman is someone that you have never seen before.  Does your husband introduce you? Does he tell you who she is or does he quickly tell you – oh she’s just a friend? This is a friend that has appeared out of thin air. If this person is very familiar with your spouse, they should be familiar with you too. Beware of people who just “pop up” out of thin air. Also, if you only meet friends of your spouse when they accidentally bump into them, they may be hiding something.

Your spouse should mention their friends from time to time. It’s possible that they will have friends who are female and male.  If you find that they only mention friends of the same sex, they may be avoiding mentioning friends of the opposite sex. It’s understandable that they won’t talk about them frequently but if you don’t know a single person of the opposite sex that knows your spouse, there might be something strange going on. Furthermore, they may not want you to know any person of the opposite sex that they are affiliated with. This is not a definitive sign, but it’s definitely a warning signal.