The Best Friend and the Bridesmaid
Moral Dilemma #2: A Wrinkle
Introduction:
There has been a lot of great discussion sparked by the first part of our dilemma. Now we’d like to complicate the story just a bit more by telling you what happened next…
Need to get up to speed with the first part of the dilemma? Want to see how other people responded? Read it here and vote/comment before moving on to The Wrinkle.
What’s The Right Thing To Do Now?
–Relent and agree to be her Maid of Honor?
–Stick to her guns and say that she still can’t do it?
–Tell Beth that she really needs to get some emotional/psychological help?
–Call Thomas directly and confront him with the situation in the hopes of finding out the truth?
–Try to enlist a member of Beth’s family to figure out the situation before it gets worse?
–None of these sound right to you? Want to qualify one of the above answers? What do you think Michelle should do?
Read our Expert’s Analysis of the dilemma and your responses.
THE WRINKLE
After a few moments silence Michelle tells Beth that she can’t in good conscience stand up in a church before God and support a marriage that she so clearly feels is wrong and unhealthy.
On the other end of the phone she hears Beth start to cry and Michelle begins to feel sorry that she has hurt her close friend so badly. When Beth composes herself, she tells Michelle that she hasn’t had nearly as much dating experience and that she “exaggerated those incidents with Thomas” partly out of inexperience and also in part because she kind of enjoyed the drama and it made her feel like she finally had something to share with Michelle in terms of relationships. Now she’s concerned that Michelle will never give Thomas a fair chance.
Time for you to decide again. What’s the right thing for Michelle to do now?
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