Lise, if you truly care about Ami, you will quit enabling her. I am not Leah. It doesn't matter who I am. This is real important for Ami's healing.
Tell the truth Ami. I know you can. I have faith in you.
I already have told the truth to Ami - what are friends for...perhaps though when I tell the truth I do with gentleness and love, sharing my own experience so that she does not feel ashamed. I have set limits with her and she has admitted to me that this board (if you really read her posts about the rejection), Ami is aware of her issues and she is already beating herself up enough. If she was to give in to this board and say "your right, I made a mistake -- it was selfish of me and inconsiderate of me to keep overstepping Janet's limits (which she already confessed to in a round about way on another post) then this board would lynch her, condemn her and them smugly say see told you so.....does she need that - what about compassion.
I care about Janet - that must have been hard for you to set limits and then see a friendship end. It must of been a really painful trigger, gathering from your story, about the secrets, I understand your feelings.
I just don't think it is right to hang her out to dry here in shame.
******************************* Like those asterisks?
As for Leah - The bible tells us to expose the wolf's in sheep's clothings....I'm not trying to tarnish your image...perhaps if you did not have an image, you would not have so much to defend against.
Trust me - I am no enabler. I could less about being popular and liked and whatever...I love the truth too much for that.
Lise