Thank you (((Friends))) for your kind supportive posts. I did something yesterday that some of you aren’t going to agree with me. I had a renter at my house that was/is the husband of a friend. When he moved in, I was told that he needed a quiet place to write poetry and maybe a book, even though he is an amateur writer and has never had anything published. He was depressed and wanted to quiet his mind and pursue his writing dream. I charged him nominal rent as I felt bad for where he was at emotionally. Since he has moved in, he has been developing online relationships with other women, and has bought a plane ticket to the US to go meet a woman he has been communicating with online. I know all this as other renters have told me. His wife would phone me upset saying she didn’t understand what was going on with her husband and when he would be returning home to her. I debated for about 10 days whether to tell her about what was going on with her husband. It became clear to me yesterday morning that as a friend I should tell her, as I would want a friend to tell me if my husband were behaving in this manner. I wanted him to know that she now knew before he flew off to meet this other woman. He came to my house furious and accused me of destroying the trust he had built up with his wife for the past 25 years. He said that he had been trying to get out of his marriage for the past 6 months by letting her down gently. The only person who didn’t know he didn’t want to be married unfortunately was his wife, as he was stringing her along telling her that everything would be fine in time in their marriage. My friend spent the night at my place as he returned to the family home and she felt uncomfortable being there with him. She is talking about moving to Edmonton and I told her to take some time and not make decisions in the heat of the moment. I told her as I felt she needed to know the truth and I wouldn’t consider myself much of a friend had I not told her. I wouldn’t consider a friend of mine much of a friend if they had this kind of information, and didn’t tell me. I felt like gambling yesterday, but stayed home until the bank was closed and I don’t have a debit card so no access to cash. Carole
