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Dear Abby: My friend’s husband is sexting with other women on the side

Nypost · · 574 words · By Dear Abby
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DEAR ABBY: I have a new close friend, and I am conflicted about whether I should inform her about her husband’s misdeeds.

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What happened

DEAR ABBY: I have a new close friend, and I am conflicted about whether I should inform her about her husband’s misdeeds.

Why it matters

Before we became close, I learned he had been sexting and sending nude photos to two women I know.

Common ground

He recently sent me an inappropriate message, which, even if he was joking, made me uncomfortable.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “My partner no longer wants to see them as a couple.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Invariably, because I havea25-year-old man with meandnohusband, we are showntoan undesirable table intherestaurant.
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Claim 2: “A generous friend sent me an expensive gift, but it is something I already have. She can’t easily afford these gifts.”
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Claim 3: “Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.”
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Wikipedia and cross-referenced sources confirm that Dear Abby was founded by Pauline Phillips under the name Abigail Van Buren and is now carried by her daughter Jeanne Phillips.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom Dream O…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Esther Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newsp…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights t…
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Claim 4: “Maggie is living with her daughter, who is pregnant with her third child, and her military family are moving in seven months.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Lily wassevenmonthspregnant. A uncomfortablepregnantmother trying to rest at home, lying onhercouch holdingherhead.Shewas almost donewithherpregnancy whenherhusband dropped the bomb onher.
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Claim 5: “Maggie had brain surgery to remove a cyst a year ago. She was left with memory deficits and is obese with balance issues.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a decline in cognitive function (especially inmemoryandexecutive functions) that may last from 1-12 months aftersurgery, or longer. [1] In some cases, thi…
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