An anonymous user came online asking for advice on how to stop their friend and his girlfriend from ‘tricking’ a rich man for his money.
The user explained the situation
In an anonymous submission on Slate’s advice column ‘Dear Prudence’, someone wrote asking for advice on how they can stop a ‘truly terrible’ scheme without ruining their long-term friendship with the schemer.
It’s a scheme to pay off the girl’s loan
The advice seeker explained that their friend was conspiring with his girlfriend to find a ‘rich’ man she can marry and divorce after he pays off all her student loans.
“I feel like soon I will explode and share my opinion on this in a nasty way. What should I do?” they wrote.
They don’t want to jeopardize their friendship
“I don’t want to throw away a close friendship of many, many years, but I do not want to know the details of this arrangement or meet the poor soul they are tricking,” the person wrote.
They explained that the plan is already in action, as the man’s girlfriend is ‘currently dating multiple people’.
The pair apparently have ‘two prospects’
The sender shared that the pair’s plan seems to be successful so far as they have ‘two prospects who are very interested in marriage’.
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They intend on still seeing each other even if the woman manages to tie the knot.
The friend is against the idea
The swindler’s friend wrote, “I think it is despicable to trick someone into marrying you and cheat on them.”
While the couple is ‘not looking for advice’, the man still wants to open up to his friend ‘about this plan and how it is affecting him a lot’, but the friend doesn’t want to talk about it.
The friend doesn’t know how to stop it
“I do not want to talk about this,” the swindler’s friend said. “I don’t think the plan will work, and if it does work, I am not sure I want to continue being friends with this person.”
“But he is still my friend, and I feel I should listen to his woes and try to support him because clearly something is wrong with his judgment right now.”
Prudence responded with advice
Responding to the anonymous person’s situation, Prudence advised they find better friends and ‘ditch’ this one.
“He’s a bad person now. I’m very sorry. You can try to have a talk with him where you do ‘explode and share [your] opinion on this in a nasty way.’ That’s fine. He might even listen,” Prudence said.
She advised they get better friends
“If he doesn’t, he knows why you are not friends anymore,” Prudence (in this case authored by Nicole Cliffe) continued.
“These people are disgusting,” she said.
