It all seemed so easy and clear when we listened to her problems and had the perfect amount of distance and objectivity on the whole deal. We had become therapists, and the issues that everyone else was facing were math equations that just the right amount of tough love and one-liners could solve. It’s always simple when you’re peeking in at the lives of others, and can remove all of the complicated, grey elements that inevitably involve themselves when you are tied up to the situation emotionally. “Come on,” we seemed to be saying to her, “This should be obvious.”