Ask Amy: Hot babe seeks same, and friends are over it
Dear Spiritual: As healthy as my own ego is, even I can’t claim to speak for God.
Perhaps you should think of this phase as just one more example of your friend’s higher power’s mysterious ways.
Yes, she sounds exhausting, and yes, in my opinion this sudden hyperreligiosity might be promoted by the same brain circuitry that has fed her various addictions.
Fortunately, this is not your lifelong job to sort out.
I would think that after over 20 years of intervening and trying to protect your friend from her own addictions, passions, and choices, you would take this as your cue to “let go and let God.”
Stand down.
Your friend will likely want to draw you in for the save once this phase passes, her “hot guy” turns out to be a hot dog, or the sand beneath her metaphorical house shifts beneath her. You can then decide if you want to intervene yet again.
Dear Amy: For the last 25 years I have been part of a small “game night.” The group consists of a married couple, “Travis” (a single man) and myself.
We have met monthly for very enjoyable evenings.
The married couple recently had an acrimonious separation, but have now reconciled and are "working it out."
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