 (Nick Galifianakis for The Post) | Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: Last week, I confided in my friend "Maya" that I slept with a different friend's husband for a short period a few years ago. I don't want to make excuses, but it was during a very bad time in my life and I did a lot of things I would never do now. I knew I was disclosing a pretty big secret and Maya would probably pass judgment, but I didn't know how much. A few days after that conversation, she texted me to say she had been thinking about it a lot and wanted to know if I could provide her any assurances that I would be more trustworthy to her than I was to that other friend. I wanted to write back that OF COURSE I would never go behind Maya's back, but those words feel hollow. The answer is that I never would, both because Maya's friendship is so important to me (the other friend's was too, but maybe not in the same way), and because I am now an entirely different person who makes better choices in general. But I don't know whether these words seem hollow too. — Scarlet Letter? | 
