A Divorce Intervention? WHAT?

I've only confided in a few people in my community that my husband and I are separating. A few close friends, my neighbor and the parents of one of my son's friends. I have not shared any specific details even though I was close to boarding that plane to Crazytown a few times.

At the bus stop one morning, my neighbor said, "I don't know if I should tell you this or not but I got an interesting call the other night." And then she proceeded to tell me that the call was from the father of my son's friend. The person that I had told about the separation. This person hardly has any connection to my neighbor other than knowing she lives near me. He asked my neighbor what they could do to help us out with our situation. He said every marriage has issues and he hates to see a marriage fail so there must be something that they could do for us. My neighbor said it sounded like he wanted to do some type of intervention to help us out with our marital problems.

My immediate reaction was mortification. In a small way it's very sweet to think that he wants to help us out but it's also extremely presumptive for him to believe that he can do anything about the situation. I have no idea if this person is religious or not but I can only assume that's the case and he believes that he has a direct connection to Jesus who will appear at the intervention and knock some sense into my husband and I. I would love to enlighten this person about the truth behind this divorce but I'm fearful if he does have a direct connection to Jesus, he will die of a heart attack once I share my husband's hobbies from the last few years.

Thankfully, the phone call to my neighbor ended without a date for this intervention but I won't be accepting any invitations to local gatherings anytime soon. I can imagine walking into someone's house and a whole crowd yelling, "Surprise, we're here to help you save your marriage!" (Do they yell 'surprise' at an intervention? Probably not but it would add a festive air, wouldn't it?)

I'm anxious to see what the next few weeks will bring. This has been just one good time after another. Thank you dear husband, divorce is the gift that keeps on giving.