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BurnDoubt

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8. Tell her how YOU feel...

Reply to Haggard Celine (Reply #6)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:04 AM

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And make sure she knows how you feel about HER, and that you’re here when she needs you. Talking about HIM is sure to alienate her.
Leave the door open for her and let her know she’s always Welcome.
Easy for me to say, but that seems to be the only way to navigate this.
You’re a good friend and that’s what she needs to know.

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I've always gotten along with my friends' boyfriends and husbands [View all] MIButterfly Yesterday OP

I think that some people just react to flattery, and as we get older, who knows? usonian Yesterday #1

I had to part ways NJCher Yesterday #2

Sounds dangerous. I wish the best for her. live love laugh Yesterday #3

Thank you, live laugh love MIButterfly Yesterday #13

may I ask, how did these two meet? Skittles Yesterday #4

This is the most unbelievable part to me MIButterfly Yesterday #9

scary Skittles Yesterday #14

Sadly, her son passed away last year. He was only 37 MIButterfly Yesterday #15

oh my Skittles Yesterday #16

It's the age difference Figarosmom Yesterday #5

I don't know what she's enamored wirh MIButterfly Yesterday #10

yup. i had a brief fling w a much younger guy. mopinko Yesterday #17

Sorry to hear that. Haggard Celine Yesterday #6

Tell her how YOU feel... BurnDoubt Yesterday #8

I have told her how I feel and I only talked about him one time MIButterfly Yesterday #11

When she has her Epiphany... BurnDoubt Yesterday #21

Thank you so much, BurnDoubt MIButterfly Yesterday #25

Sorry to hear what this is putting you through, MIButterfly. calimary Yesterday #7

Thank you for your kind words, calimary MIButterfly Yesterday #12

some girls just like bad boys rampartd Yesterday #18

I've always wondered about that. It never made any kind of sense to me MIButterfly Yesterday #19

on the back of every harley is a woman who thought she could change him. rampartd Yesterday #20

And a jacket that sez: BurnDoubt Yesterday #22

for evolutionary reasons, i guess rampartd Yesterday #23

How about THAT! BurnDoubt Yesterday #24

You say she comes down to see her family. Could you try to see her then and maybe get to know the family. ratchiweenie 7 hrs ago #26

I'm friends with her sister and she hates him MIButterfly 6 hrs ago #27