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DEAR ABBY: My best friend of 45 years and I are 65. She has been married since 1985; I have been divorced for many years. She recently shocked me by claiming that a mutual friend told her I have been having an affair with a married acquaintance! This is false, but I now wonder whether she said it because she suspects it herself.
When I got angry and said I would confront the other friend, she demanded that I not do so, because it would “make her look bad for telling.” Could my suspicion be correct? If the other person was the one who actually suspected me, why wouldn’t she want me to question her? — PUZZLED LADY OUT WEST DEAR PUZZLED LADY: Not knowing your best friend of 45 years, I am not in a position to answer that question. However, the surest way to get to the bottom of this would be to go directly to the person your BFF said told her and ask where she got such an idea.
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