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it depends on if the circumstances require it. if it's not a big deal, i'll probably sugar coat the truth or something. unless they want my honest honest opinion. however, in this situation where the bf is a big loser and CHEATS on her.... ugh. i'd definitely tell her what i thought. but you can only do it once or twice before she shuts you out, you know? so i'd say say what you need to say and if she doesn't listen, there's nothing you can do but stand by her until she finally realizes for herself.

For me it also depends on the friend. But in your situation I don't think I'd tell anyone. I dated a huge loser who lied to me for 7 1/2 years. When people would tell me they didn't like him it would just hurt our friendship. People have to figure that kind of thing out for themselves.

I usually try to be soft at first, then if they refuse to listen and continue to ask me for advice or my opinion (to get me to say what they want to hear) then I'll be a little harsher. I give really good dating advice so my single friends frequently ask me what their next move should be in a new relationship and if they don't listen to me, I just say "Well maybe it'll work out anyway" when deep down I know it won't. And it never does..

@autumnlove: I've had that happen to me too. A friend of mine broke up with her girlfriend who I didn't like, and then when I was hanging out with her she was showing me these really nasty texts that her ex sent her. So obviously I didn't like her even more. And then months later I hear from a mutual friend that they're back together. She never told me that and she never told me anything that happened in their relationship since. Not even when they broke up again about 2 years later. I'm hoping it's for good this time.

Ugh. I have a situation like that, this is how I deal with it. I am as honest as I can be while still trying to be nice about it. I listen to everything she tells me and then repeat it back to her. I won't tell her how I feel about him personally, but I remind her of things she has told me. For example, I remind her that he told her he could never marry her, that he wasn't sure he could ever love her, that he loves his family more than he loves her, etc. These are all things she said to me, I would not say anything that she hadn't brought up before. Makes it easier to explain it later and that way, if she gets mad at me for saying something, hey, it's just what she had already told me!