Lynn's Comments: We had been such good friends, but my relationship with "Alice" was on the rocks. Having forgiven her spouse, she was embarrassed and hurt by my remarks. She also told her husband what I had said about him, so he too avoided my husband and me like the plague. Others, who had felt the same but had not expressed an opinion, still had her friendship; something I regretted having lost.
A few years later, Alice's husband ran off with another conquest and this time, she let him go. There was no vindication for me, however. Painful lessons are well learned!