Dear Eric: Please help me settle a disagreement with my wife. One day, a friend of ours, “Ed,” shared something very sensitive and embarrassing with us and asked for advice. He also asked us not to tell anyone, and, of course, we both swore to secrecy.
One week later, one of my wife’s oldest and closest friends (a “BFF”) came to visit and my wife proceeded to tell BFF about Ed’s predicament. When we were alone later, I asked my wife why she broke her promise of secrecy. She responded by saying, “I did not! My BFFs and I tell each other everything and we all keep everything to ourselves, so nobody’s ever going to hear about it.”
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