When to tell a friend you don't like their significant other—and when to stay quiet, from a psychologist

Bogdan Hofbauer

My friends have had some questionable significant others. Some partners were verbally abusive, while others were egotistical and antisocial. Despite feeling compelled to speak up, I've never known if I should. Whether or not to tell a friend you don't like their partner is a conundrum that clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychology at The Chicago School Gloria Morrow has helped patients navigate. "I always ask them: 'Why do you want to say something?'," she says. There are