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[quote=Anonymous]People, even close friends, love to gossip over the state of other people's marriages.  Several years ago we told our alleged best friends that we were going through some stuff and were separating but not sure where it would lead and wanted to keep it private for the time being (which would have been easy because the kids were all out of school and we had downsized to another neighborhood).  We were back together in a few months, but after someone told us a year after we were back together how "sorry" they were to hear we had separated, we pieced together that our friends had told half the neighborhood.  My spouse has semi gotten over it.  I haven't and never will.

My going in assumption would be that OP's friend does NOT want to talk about her marriage with just anybody.  I certainly would not bring it up first, and if she does I'd just say "yes, my daughter told me but I want to respect your privacy.  Are you doing ok?"  Then follow her lead.  But, please, be a real friend and don't gossip about her to anybody else, no matter how good you think your intentions are. [/quote]

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