Dear Abby gives advice to a reader who is engaged to a man that is best friends with a philanderer. Yuliia - stock.adobe.com

DEAR ABBY: I’m engaged to a wonderful man. We are incredibly happy, and I cannot wait for our life together to begin. There’s just one problem — his best friend, “Joey.” Joey is wonderful to my fiancé and a nice person overall, but he’s a serial cheater.

In the five years I’ve known him, Joey has dated and cheated on multiple women, some of whom I befriended before recognizing the pattern. It’s always the same — Joey meets a woman, quickly gets into something deep and monogamous, and then, after six months, he starts sleeping with other people.

Six weeks into meeting his most recent woman, they got married in a courthouse wedding. I’m having trouble bringing myself to meet his bride. I know the pattern. I know Joey will cheat after their honeymoon period ends.…