Mr. Prufrock and I have been talking to a couple for about two weeks now. I should say, I have been talking to the male half of the couple for two weeks. Mr. Prufrock generally can't chime in on texts, because they always seem to happen while we're at work. This couple indicated on SZC that they'd like to meet us, and I liked their profile, so I sent them a message with our KIK username. Most of the time I message people, they never reply, so I wasn't expecting anything. The male half of the couple, (we'll call him Mr. Couple because I'm too tired to think of a witty name) messaged me on KIK. Now, one thing I hate about KIK, is that you can't sign into the same account on multiple devices. Each person has to create their own account and you have to add them to the chat. I briefly thought about adding Mr. Prufrock to the chat, but he was busy with Important Work Things, so I stupidly decided not to. This ended up being a bad decision on multiple levels. The first being, it's annoying having to relay all the chats back to him, he could care less, but I want him to know what's going on.

Regardless, Mr. Couple and I have been chatting for two weeks. While or after we chat, I fill Mr. Prufrock in on all the pertinent (rather boring) details. I happened to notice that Mr. Couple was a terrible flirt. Everything I said that was at least a little flirty (and I vetted the flirts through Mr. Prufrock. Can I just tell you how surreal it is to have your husband coach you through flirting with another man?) was met with nothing. I finally figured the guy wasn't interested or he was just an awful online flirter. Nothing sexual was exchanged. I made sure when we talked that I brought up Mr. Prufrock and I complimented or asked about his wife when appropriate.

The second day of chatting with Mr. Couple, I ask if him and his wife would like to get drinks with Mr. Prufrock and me. No playing on the first meet, just a fun, no-pressure get together. He enthusiastically replied they would. We set up a day. A few days later we set up a place and time. We continue to chat a little here a little there about nothing in particular. I continue to fill Mr. Prufrock in on our chats assuming Mr. Couple is doing the same with his wife. Today rolls around. I send Mr. Couple a mundane text. He replies, and then sends me Mrs. Couples KIK username saying I could message her to introduce myself and say 'Hi'. So I go ahead and do that.

Enter the most awkward conversation I have ever had in my life. This woman doesn't know who I am, has no idea that her husband was chatting with me, up front tells me that they have a rule that neither of them chat with someone of the opposite sex unless it's a group chat because they have had issues with females crossing boundaries in the past. She was pissed, and understandably so. I am left tongue-tied, I had no idea what to say. I apologized, I explained that we were new, and that I had no intentions of crossing boundaries. I felt awful; I feel awful. I was left feeling like a home wrecker. Yes, I found her husband attractive but only on the "lets all play together" scale, definitely not the "I want to take him away from you and bang him behind your back" scale. I am 100% NOT that person, and I find that kind of behavior abbhorrent (see my reaction to the persistent Unicorn from our first club visit.)

So. Yeah. Mr. Couple decided it was then time to start a group chat. I haven't said anything since apologizing to his wife. Mr. Prufrock chimed in, in hopes to perhaps keep everything from bursting into flames after crashing, but we were just left with some passive aggressive texts from Mrs. Couple. Mr. Prufrock and I are done. DONE. I don't ever want to feel that way again. It was horrible. So now, not only are we out of weekend plans (that we were enthusiastically looking forward to) but I feel like a trashy home-wrecker. Great.

I did at least learn a few valuable lessons: never, EVER assume anything. Just because I talk to my husband and fill him in, does NOT mean other people are doing the same thing. Also, from now on, regardless of whether or not Mr. Prufrock is going to chime in on the chat, always start a group chat from the very beginning. *sigh*