Dear Prudence,
This would take about a decade to explain if I were to keep in ALL of the details, but basically, rumors have spread about a girl, who I’ll call SM. SM is a good friend of mine, and my other good friend, ST, has been told that SM leaked someone’s address online, which she denies doing. I’m good friends with both girls, and I want to forget that the rumor ever happened so things can go back to the way they were. ST seems so determined to hate SM now. Both girls have been texting me bad things about each other and I’ve just been agreeing because I don’t want to lose either of their friendships. But whenever I think about whose side I’m really on, I can’t come to a conclusion; I don’t know who to believe OR whose side I’m on. Please give me some advice!
—Stressed About Friendship