A friend with a history of depression has been speaking to a mentor figure for the past year. Recently, he asked her to have sex with him while his wife is away next month, and she’s considering it. I’m worried she might harm herself if she does?

Danae Hitch answered

If I was going to butt into this situation, I would go to the mentor and mention that he should not be guiding your friend any longer, since what he's after would not be helping his marriage. I would mention to this man that he would put her life at risk, since no good can come of him having sex with her.

I would talk once more with your friend and advise that nothing good can come of this and tell her that you're worried about her. And then you step back and be a friend when this situation crumbles around her feet.

You cannot make either one listen to you and you risk losing her friendship if you were to butt in. Do what your heart tells you to do and then let it go.

Savannah Savvyskh answered

Tell someone! That is so incredibly dangerous!

Arthur Wright , Florida Paralegal with a BS degree in Social-Psychology, answered

She definitely doesn't need this Mentor if this is all hes interested in and should be reported as he's a fraud here. Its not the sex that will hurt her but its when she realizes that he used her for sex and shes no better off now than when they started, so she needs to stop seeing him immediately if she ever has any hope of beating her depression

A friend with a history of depression has been speaking to a mentor figure for the past year. Recently, he asked her to have sex with him while his wife is away next month, and she’s considering it. I’m worried she might harm herself if she does?

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