Advice from R. Eric Thomas.
Asking Eric: My sister wants me to help find answers about her late husband’s affair, and it’s putting me in an awkward position.My older sister is a recent widow. Her husband was unfaithful to her several times, but she chose to stay together.
Ask her a hard question: are you ready to forgive? Her husband can’t apologize; the friend may not apologize . There is a debt that she’s owed that’s uncollectable. Can she release that? Don’t let yourself get triangulated any more than you already are. Decline the invitation from your friend. And if your sister is insistent on getting answers, give her your friend’s number and let her ask herself.My guy is a good, generous, dependable, very set-in-his-ways man after living alone for more than 25 years.
We are compatible but I’m feeling like a Friend with Benefits, and am getting very frustrated at seeing no change, no progress. Should I just give up on this relationship and my hopes to mend our lives and home?Like a contractor who is perpetually six months behind schedule, I have bad news for you. You’re both going to be much happier if you continue to live separately.
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