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Please give me some guidelines about being a good friend to a lady in my community who is in the process of divorce due to the husband's infidelity. I had a nagging feeling that there was another woman when she told me he had moved back to a state where the family previously lived. Our acquaintance is not long standing. She has two little kids with health problems.
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
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Be a good listener, show concern for her situation and provide resources when asked, but don't give unsolicited advice.
me-65
wife-61
married for 40 years
DS - 38, autistic, lives at home
DD - 37, married and on her own
DS - 32, still living with us
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I do inform her about resources in the community, such as the Veterans Affairs Office. She served in the National Guard. She and her kids had been living in a shelter and will soon have their own apartment. I was happy when she told me of the positive change in their living situation. When she mentioned a wish to have her daughter educated in a Christian school, I named two schools in the city as options.
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
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I do inform her about resources in the community, such as the Veterans Affairs Office. She served in the National Guard. She and her kids had been living in a shelter and will soon have their own apartment. I was happy when she told me of the positive change in their living situation. When she mentioned a wish to have her daughter educated in a Christian school, I named two schools in the city as options. Have you told her about the MB website with her?
FWW/BW (me)
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2nd M for both
Blended Family with 7 kids between us
Too much hurt and pain on both sides that my brain hurts just thinking about it all.
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Update: Yes, I have.
She and the kids have an apartment, praise God!
Her husband has returned home and is once again living with her. I pray that he proves himself a man of integrity through changed behavior and permanently cutting the OW out of his life.
Last edited by CelticMuse; 09/17/16 09:54 PM.
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good news!
I hope they can move forward from it.
hope it never happens again
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