I am a married man with a young son. Sometimes I go to a bar for a couple of beers. The barman knows me well and I know his wife.

Today they brought their very young daughter to the bar - this girl seemed to take a liking to me and jumped on to my lap. In front of her father I asked her whether she wanted ice cream. Her father told me that she preferred iced tea so I got her one. She is so cute that I took a photo of me and her and sent it to my wife.

After a while she left with her mother. When they came back I called her but she kept her distance and told me ' Mummy told me not to speak to you".

I was not sure what and why she was saying this so I showed her mother the photo I had taken of me and her daughter and told her that I had sent it to my wife. The mother turned all sour and told me to delete the photo.

I was humiliated and made to feel like I was some kind of pervert.

This is the kind of treatment we men get when we show any interest in children.

Edit, addition:

after the way the bitch treated me I am going to be spending my Euros elsewhere. It is not like there is no shortage of bars.

I have noticed this phenomenon before' Husband is friendly and has all the attributes that make a great barman. But he has a suspicious wife and she insists on dropping on him unawares to 'catch him' flirting with some younger woman. This is the root of the problem. Some women like the money that their husbands bring in but they don't trust him.

I've seen the downfall of at least 2 bars in my area due to the jealous wife syndrome.

I happened to be a blameless victim in the crossfire.I must add that we are a Mediterranean country where our body language is different from what I see on USA TV.

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