How do you respond when your BFF confides in you about her marital problems?
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grace4ever
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| Thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns with us. I am so sorry that your friend is dealing with such a difficult situation. These forums are great for sharing burdens, venting. It is so good that you show your support for your friend, especially at this most difficult time of her life. You may be the only one that she can rely on. Counseling or therapy can be helpful to work through things like this. Your friend is valuable and worth of fighting for. I’m glad to know that your friend and her DH are going to a therapy. Have you ever heard of the phrase:” When the person gets married bring their own luggage”? That does mean that we bring wounds from our own families. Maybe the husband had a childhood that was difficult and it is affecting him today. Sometimes persons will smoke pod, play video games, etc. because it is a way of escapising to avoid facing their own problems. If I were you I would encourage her not to give up, but rather to persevere attending to the counseling or therapy since she wants to talk about raising a family of their own children. In regards to your question, ‘What would you do?’ I would not give my whole opinion because I can’t be the third party in the relationship of your friend, I am not a therapist and I would be biased because I only know one side of the story and my opinion would be subjective. That would be unfair for anyone else. This list-ly is extremely important for your friend is going through: https://list.ly/list/1CE4-looking-up-from-the-stubborn-darkness. Sending you hugs. I will keep you and your friend in my prayers, my friend – Keep us posted, Ok? |