Be strong in the face of denial
That someone who thinks her husband is cheating just called me to say that I made her feel better yesterday by saying if she loves him, she can forgive him, because it’s probably only sex. She’s going to operate her own stealth sting and go sit outside his apartment and see if she can catch him. I said, be careful for goodness sakes – people do stupid things when they are jealous and angry.
But most of all, I told her, “be strong.”
Now was I right or what? Even in being completely a hard ass, she took the one glint of optimism I gave her and decided that is what I said to her yesterday. God help her and me.