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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

May 11

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 May 11 OP

I think that some people just react to flattery, and as we get older, who knows? usonian May 11 #1

I had to part ways NJCher May 11 #2

Sounds dangerous. I wish the best for her. live love laugh May 11 #3

Thank you, live laugh love MIButterfly May 11 #13

may I ask, how did these two meet? Skittles May 11 #4

This is the most unbelievable part to me MIButterfly May 11 #9

scary Skittles May 11 #14

Sadly, her son passed away last year. He was only 37 MIButterfly May 11 #15

oh my Skittles May 11 #16

It's the age difference Figarosmom May 11 #5

I don't know what she's enamored wirh MIButterfly May 11 #10

yup. i had a brief fling w a much younger guy. mopinko May 11 #17

Sorry to hear that. Haggard Celine May 11 #6

Tell her how YOU feel... BurnDoubt May 11 #8

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

When she has her Epiphany... BurnDoubt May 11 #21

Thank you so much, BurnDoubt MIButterfly May 11 #25

Sorry to hear what this is putting you through, MIButterfly. calimary May 11 #7

Thank you for your kind words, calimary MIButterfly May 11 #12

some girls just like bad boys rampartd May 11 #18

I've always wondered about that. It never made any kind of sense to me MIButterfly May 11 #19

on the back of every harley is a woman who thought she could change him. rampartd May 11 #20

And a jacket that sez: BurnDoubt May 11 #22

for evolutionary reasons, i guess rampartd May 11 #23

How about THAT! BurnDoubt May 11 #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 Tuesday #26

I'm friends with her sister and she hates him MIButterfly Tuesday #27