Firstly, realize that my comments are coming from a non-frum point of view. s2021’s friend is to be commended. She possibly appreciates her current lifestyle even more than someone who never experienced anything else. She had the opportunity to go either way and she chose the right way. This is very similar to many Amish – who are allowed to stray from the fold for a year at a certain age. Nearly all of them come back to their colonies after the year is over because they realize they belong with their families and their chosen lifestyles. A frum person who experiences some of the secular lifestyle (and it doesn’t sound as if this person did anything terrible) and remains frum, knows the right path.
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