R. Eric Thomas

Dear Eric: I was raised that, when a friend suffered a loss, we would go to the house with food, flowers or just to offer our support. If the person...

Dear Eric: I am heartbroken. I question everything about what I thought our relationship was given how unkind this decision was. Also, money or limits on the number of invites...

Dear Eric: He’s gotten great work, won awards and become relatively famous. We’re so happy for him and remain close. He still uses the guest house when he’s in town....

Dear Eric: I am struggling with a friend issue. We were roommates in the ’70s and have been friends ever since. She is 74 and I am 73. She is...

Dear Eric: What am I to do? Stay home and listen to the neighborhood dogs bark? This seems to be an addiction and a serious problem.

Dear Eric: One of my BFFs has high blood pressure and always seems to be catastrophizing about everything. I sent her an email which was meant to be compassionate and...

Dear Eric: I have a one-year-old grandchild and am frustrated that I don't have the freedom to gift them whatever I choose. The parents have prepared a precisely curated wish...

Dear Eric: My niece contacted me and said she was coming to a college reunion near me. She wondered if she and her family could stay at my home during...

Dear Eric: Two weeks ago, we interred my mother’s ashes in a small ceremony in Panama where she was born and raised. An alcoholic, my mother was highly abusive, both...

Dear Eric: My sisters-in-law think I’m gay. I know for a fact they have talked with my brothers about sexual attraction. Unfortunately, I have a real rough past with people...