When two friends fight, you don’t have to be the judge. You can just be the friend.

Both sides will come to you wanting a ruling, and giving one costs you more than it helps either of them. You were not there, the accounts will not match, and whichever way you lean becomes a second argument. Being a friend to both is a different job entirely. It means listening without issuing a verdict and refusing to carry messages between them.

If you get pulled in this week, say plainly that you are not picking and that you are not passing anything along. Keep seeing both of them separately. They will sort it out or they will not, and either way you will still be there afterwards.