Asking Eric: Brother wants to move back in with mother
Dear Eric: Our youngest brother has made some poor decisions in his life, and he knows it. While he's had a destructive life overall for more than 40 years, he...
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Asking Eric: I can’t stand my dad
Dear Eric: I think he is the most annoying and uninteresting person I’ve ever met, not just because he’s my abuser. I think plenty of my friends and family agree....
Asking Eric: Family member wants full support for bad decisions
Dear Eric: My cousin (more like a sister) has been making some extremely rash and concerning choices over the last year. After she had her second baby, she left her...
Asking Eric: Wife won’t tell her brother about father’s abuse
Dear Eric: Soon after we had our first child, my wife uncovered a repressed memory that she had been sexually abused by her father when she was 18 years old.
Asking Eric: Neighbor accuses couple of lying to the government
Dear Eric: I live in a very rural and rather remote area where you can count "neighbors" on one hand. My husband and I made friends with one who lives...
Asking Eric: Brother leaves house a mess after visit, but sister fears upsetting him
Dear Eric: My brother and I were estranged for many years at his insistence. We were able to reconcile after our father’s death when I gave him a larger portion...
Asking Eric: Husband always corrects wife, even when she’s right
Dear Eric: Often when I make a comment or tell a story my husband corrects me. If I try and defend what I've said, he just implies that I'm wrong...
Asking Eric: Husband’s anxiety is stressing me out
Dear Eric: I’m no longer as calm as I used to be! Any advice?
Asking Eric: Brother-in-law is after my inheritance
Dear Eric: My brother passed in 2023. He was not married and had no children. He left an estate of $1.5 million. My two sisters and I split his estate equally and...
Asking Eric: How do I tell people my daughter has passed?
Dear Eric: I lost my oldest, beautiful, intelligent daughter five years ago at 38 years young. She left behind two young sons and a spouse. Her death ultimately stemmed from...