I had been married to my wife for only a year or so when I was surprised to get a call from Susan. Our parting had been somewhat unpleasant, so I was surprised to hear from her at all. My wife took the call and I later had some questions to answer. I basically told Susan not to call again, but I told her politely.
Well, I didn't hear from her again for quite a while. But she did call again, and she told me that she wanted some help from me to figure out some answers as to how to handle her teen age son. I agreed to meet her and drove over to her apartment in West Seattle. My wife knew what I was going out for and had no problem with it. When I got there I soon figured out that what Susan wanted had nothing to do with her son.