Edna Pontellier clearly advertises her liking for Robert Lebrun, especially in front of her husband Mr. Pontellier. She also is not fond of her husbands feelings and seems like she doesn't care what he may think about Robert and her spending time together. She sort of flings around and rubs in the relationship her and Robert have. She may not be like this the whole book, but as of right now in the first chapter it seems like it could maybe be  a bit of foreshadowing. Mr. Pontellier did also seem quite a little envious. Especially when he speaks to Lebrun this way, "Come go along, Lebrun," he proposed to Robert." (Page 45 Chopin). I noted that he also seems a bit bored and unamused by her wife's and Robert's acts when Chopin states on page 45 also that "He yawned and stretched himself." Edna's relationship with her husband is odd and quite complicated. Since we don't know much yet, we can't assume anything about Robert and her maybe having an affair, although it is quite possible it may not be the case. We also know that Creoles were forced into marriage and most of the time were not in love with their spouse.But in The Awakening, we know for fact that Edna is not Creole but is surrounded by Creole people. We find this out when Chopin says, "Mrs. Pontellier talked about her father's Mississippi plantation and her girlhood home in the old Kentucky blue-grass country. She was an American woman, with a small infusion of French which seemed to have been lost in dilution." Which seems very interesting because she acts as if she is a Creole woman who had been set up for an arranged marriage with someone whom she did not love. It could be the influence of the Creole people around her. It seems quite strange the way she acts towards Robert around her husband so there could maybe possibly just be an affair going on.