Colleague taken aback by friend’s story

Colleague taken aback by friend’s story
Colleague taken aback by friend’s story

SENSE & SENSITIVITY DEAR HARRIETTE: I was talking to a colleague, and we were bragging about our children — something that many parents do for small talk. I was saying something upbeat about my daughter when she revealed that her daughter was having a difficult childhood in part because she and her husband were going through a nasty divorce during that time. I listened and stopped talking about my…