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Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
A friend of mine called about a mutual friend of ours who's in a little bit of trouble.
Mutual friend, "Fred" met a woman early this year. Decided to get married in April, which we all thought was too soon and we became suspicious. Most of us thinking that the woman was pregnant. Thank goodness she was not. Also, she is not a citizen of this country.
Sometime in May, her "brother" came to visit. He was looking for work and she asked if he could stay with them for awhile.
Long story short, the brother was arrested for breaking and entering. While posting bail, Fred finds out that the brother is not the brother at all, but his wife's boyfriend from whatever country they are from. They had been carrying on an affair the whole time. The boyfriend is saying that the wife was an accomplice to the breaking and enterings (he says there were many). Probably a plea bargain? I told Fred to kick the 2 of them out of the house and to get an annulment as soon as possible. He still loves her and is not sure he wants to put them out on the street. I say she's using him and he's an idiot to let them stay in the house. I say she'll frame him if is suits her. Any other advice I can give to Fred?
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Fred sounds like a love-sick fool who isn't likely to take any advice on this whole thing from anyone until he's hit rock bottom. Keep an eye out on him, be available when he has his inevitable moment of realization that he's been screwed and supply him with plenty of alcohol. If you're into that sort of thing, offer to be his second at the inevitable duel.
"'In affairs of the heart, Princess,' Cesar used to say, 'one should neither offer advice nor solulutions...just a clean hanky when appropriate.'"
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The Flanders Panel, Arturo Perez Reverte, pg. 14.
