W just called me and told me she quit/got fired from her job. It was a bad situation. She was being taken advantage of and pushed back. Boss was XW of sister's H. Joys of working with family/near-family.
So now W is job hunting, which should be short with her established clientele. She just needs to find a new salon. I am a natural protector/provider. This is going to be tough for me. I recently got a $20,000/yr promotion. Helping the W financially wouldn't affect me at all. This is going to be a tough one.
This changes nothing. I highly doubt that her losing this job was totally unrelated to her current, um, "distraction."
"Wow, that's tough. What do you plan to do?" should be your response. Rescue her from this, and there's a good chance that you're rescuing her from some of the consequences of her affair.
That's my take, anyway. If you feel your way is working, by all means keep doing what you're doing.
