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When supporting someone means enabling their harm

My best friend asked me to be her maid of honor but I think her fiancé is emotionally abusive and I cannot pretend to celebrate this marriage.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Friendship sometimes demands that we refuse to participate in what we are asked to witness, even when refusal costs us the relationship.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Commitment — what it means and what it costs?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.