Dealing with Mid-Life Crisis

[Mr. Bloom]

At first, I bristled at Bleecker St Girl's perspective...

...then I read Bluetree's "Common Phrases" and thought - Oh! Oh! - that's not cool. BSG may be right (although the fact that Bluetree's BF is part of the group really, really, really makes that unlikely to me). So, it really is a crisis and people in crisis react in odd ways (I know I have...)

So I'm more with Flybye on this...but, it really just depends on the guys and the circumstances, but this is about Bluetree, not the guys, so:

Blue, you should feel total freedom to say:
- you're my buddy and I appreciate your friendship,
- I'm sorry you feel like this, but you need to address this through marriage counseling with your wife
- It's uncomfortable for me to hear these things and please respect my wishes to keep our friendship above even a hint of impropriety.