The Strawberry Letter: I thought he wasn’t coming back | V103

Dear Steve and Shirley,

I have been married for nine years, but I have known my husband most of my life. We are in our early thirties and have no children yet. My husband and I go out with our friends regularly, but during football and basketball season we rarely spend time together. Last weekend, he and his friends planned a trip to tailgate and hang out at the Magic City Classic. They rented an RV and hit the road early Friday.

I had planned a bachelorette party weekend for my sorority sister with all the bells and whistles – including male strippers. The plans to have it at another girl’s place fell through, so I decided to host it at my place. We enclosed our garage which my husband uses as his man cave so there was plenty of room there.

It was Saturday at 6pm and the strippers arrived at my house before the other ladies did. They hung out with me in the kitchen until the party started. My husband called to say he wasn’t feeling well, but he was going to try to tough it out. At that point I should have told him what I was up to at home if he came back early. He was only an hour away so I took a big risk.

Well, four hours later my husband called and said he was dropped off at home. He asked why there were so many cars at the house. I panicked and lied and said I had agreed to host the party at the last minute. He arrived just as the bride-to-be was getting a rather suggestive lap dance from a stripper.

My husband hasn’t spoken to me in days. He’s angry because I had naked men in his man cave and lied about the party. He says I deliberately hid everything from him and that is a big problem. Is he blowing this way out of proportion?