Dear Prudence, December 12 2023: “Help! My Friend’s Latest Stunt Is Making Me Realize How Heartless She Is.”

The LW sees what Prudie misses.

Link to original letter here.

My take: To recap, the LW’S friend, “Julie,” is engaged to a man whose son lives with him half-time. Julie and the son get along well. Now the son’s mother has died, so the son is moving in with his father full-time. Julie doesn’t want a full-time kid, so she’s ended the engagement.

The LW has always admired Julie’s “abilit…