I will jump right into it. I am a middle school English teacher at a small private school full-time. My husband works here once a week as the Spanish teacher and keeps another job elsewhere.

Well,  my husband happens to be working here today. Our boss, the school administrator, had a meeting with him this morning in which he discussed a few typical things about lesson planning. . . no big deal. However, at the end of this meeting, our boss mentioned that he's heard from our peers that my husband "acts like a jerk."

This threw me for a loop when my husband told me that. The boss refused to expound on what he meant, so we're not sure whether he meant acting like a jerk toward the students or other co-workers. The students love him and are always telling him they like his class, so I doubt that's it. But the one day per week that he's here, he is very friendly with everyone and participates in the discussions and shares laughs like everyone else. If he were acting like a jerk, I would be upset and have a word with him.

Now, I feel like my coworkers don't like either of us. The Upper School (middle and high) are all male teachers, so I am not quite as close as everyone else, but I like everyone and they've always seemed to like my husband, as well. I am just very anxious that he will get fired or that people don't like him. My anxiety is so high right now, my stomach even feels sick. I am not even sure why this bothers me so much.