A compliment? What was he thinking?

I don't think you're being a prude but I also think you shouldn't worry too much about this - the fact that your husband told you this suggests that it's not something he normally discusses with his firends/workmates (otherwise he would probably have mentioned it before). This is pretty standard male behaviour but I must admit I've never really understood it - a bit like groups of men wolf-whistling at a woman. Personally, when I see an attractive woman I don't feel the need to tell everyone about it.

Should I get married, and my husband would do that, I would also feel uncomfortable. Why? As you said, you never discussed his attributes or endowments to your girlfriends, and you would also expect him to not discuss these things to his male co-workers. I believe you put a high regard on being respected (as I would also do, as I would react the same way as you did). The thing is, you know your husband better than anybody else here, and you would know if he did that because he's proud of you, or if he did that without any respect for what you may feel about it. The point is, he told you about it, which could mean that he's proud of having a wife who could be envied by men, a wife who is physically endowed. I don't think you're a prude. I like it when women stand up for the need to be respected. But then, of course, you can discuss this with your husband and once you know that he's innocent about what went on, there's no problem. Happy myLotting, friend!

if you are a prude, then i am a prude, too. besides, i don't think it's in good taste to be discussing intimate details about your partner to others. and friends shouldn't be talking about that in front of your husband, too. i mean, i find that disrespectful. if someone talks to me about my husband's "assests", i'll cut them out or walk away. it's okay if the comments are just overheard, i'd feel flattered, too. but discussed?

One thing you have to understand. Men think differently then women. They are more visual minded while women are more emotional oreinted. To them that is giving a women a compliment. And you know that they meant it in a good way if they felt comfortable enough to say it to your husbands face. Also your husband's reaction to the compliment should give you a clue that nothing but good was meant by it. Do you honestly think he would stand for his crew to make lewd remarks about his wife? And yes men are apt to remark to one another if they think a women has a great body. Not that they discuss it in great depth or anything. Someone probably remarked to your husband in passing that they saw you in the yard and made the comment that he had a good looking wife. No big deal. And if you told your husband that you discussed him with other women he would proably be flattered and not offended. My husband has always told me when someone made a comment like that and he was not afraid to make a comment like that in front of me if he saw another women he thought looked good. I knew he meant nothing by it. To him it was like saying he thought a certain car looked good. Its just how men think.

I don't think you are being a prude at all - not only is it unprofessional for them to be discussing your 'body parts' but for your husband to go along with it that would tee me off. A few years back my oldest son and a good friend were running a tax return business during the tax season. Because of some problems with a female in the office the "boys" asked if I would help out for a few weeks as receptionist/secretary. It was strange at first, working with my son but it was so funny one day. Shawn (my son) had a client back in his office when the client left he didn't look too happy and my son looked even more unhappy. We stepped outside so I could find out what on earth had happened. Shawn informed me the 'client' had the nerve to ask him if he had a hard time concentrating on his work with that hot chick setting out there (meaning me)? Shawn informed him no he didn't have a problem with that but he had a big problem with some one referring to his mother as a 'hot chick' and he refused to do the guys taxes... I took it as a compliment - not that the guy said that but that my son respected me enough to stick up for me. He had also told me he wouldn't have had a problem if the guy had just said something like that lady is very attractive or nice looking or something but 'hot chick' just sounds trashy and he knows I'm not and nothing should have given that guy that impression.