Dear Eric: My best friend from high school moved to town again and we’ve been hanging out more. Her sister-in-law asked me if I can be the godmother of her child, which I’ve agreed to.

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To that end, I don’t think you owe it to the sister-in-law or your goddaughter to jump back into a close relationship. She has made that impossible, at least for now.