Dear Anyone,
My mother-in-law, “Susan,” is a very nice woman, and we’ve always had a good relationship. In fact, she gets along better with me than with my wife. She is divorced, single, and lives on her own. She’s a little isolated, I guess. Anyway, recently Susan has begun emailing me at work and confiding in me about her personal problems. She talks to me about her depression, and has confessed to losing about $5000 in the last year gambling. She has made me promise not to tell my wife anything, but now I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to betray Susan’s trust, but I also don’t want to hold all these secrets that my wife doesn’t know about. Besides, I think Susan needs help. What’s the right thing to do here?
Caught in the Middle in Duluth