Okay, thanks for clarifying about the friend. Ordinarily, getting a woman's perspective would not be a bad idea. However, as I said previously, unless that friend has been wayward herself or M to one, it's likely she will underestimate the mindset of your WW. That's why MWD also suggests that you don't take advice from friends or well meaning relatives, b/c it is difficult for them to be unbiased, KWIM?
I wanted to copy and paste a quote from another post. Speaking as a former WW, I could not amen this statement loudly enough.
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the WW will continue to be waywardly until she feels she is losing the LBH ... so as long as you are on the porch waiting for her to come home she never will ... when you finally decide to live your life and do your thing ... actually DO IT rather than fake it ... when her actions no longer affect you and your life... then you might see a change like I did.
That is an example of changing the dynamics in your stitch.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!