Dear Abby: People suppose my buddy and I date, and we don’t,

DEAR ABBY: My longtime buddy “Bonnie” and I've been reconnecting all through COVID, most commonly by the use of textual content and video chatting. She’s just lately moved again to my space (she’s within the army), so we spent a weekend in combination serving to her transfer in. It was once arduous and demanding, and her consuming involved me. I do know consuming is prevalent within the army, and as a fairly high-ranking officer, she’s underneath numerous force at all times. I’m extra acutely aware of it as a result of my sister is a convalescing addict. I’m a queer girl. Bonnie is homosexual, and over the past couple months I’ve been nursing a weigh down on