I am due back at the desk shortly. But this column from November last year reminds us that we should be mindful of those we call friends. As someone recently told me, not everyone you know is a friend, some are just associates or acquaintances and they should be given the right label.
From time to time we hear the saying ‘women can be our own worst enemy’; meaning that often the most hurtful situation for a woman is created by another woman. Like you, I wonder why we cannot be more helpful and supportive towards each other.
I had watched a three-part TikTok video shared by a Jamaican woman chronicling a horrific experience of being drugged and raped and the catalyst was a woman she called friend. Here is what I transcribed from the audio:
“You know the saying, ‘keep your friends close and your enemy closer?’ It couldn’t be truer, it couldn’t be more true than in this particular situation.