She said, “My husband knew everything.”
And somehow, that sentence became the end of the investigation.
But that’s actually where the interesting conversation begins.
Knowing someone’s choices doesn’t automatically make you responsible for them and accepting the consequences of repeated bad decisions isn’t the same thing as proving your love.
Sometimes what people call “loyalty” is simply volunteering to become the emergency fund for decisions you didn’t make.
Love is one thing.
Becoming somebody’s permanent retirement plan is another.