Asking Eric: We’re always expected to pay
Dear Eric: We keep thinking someone will offer to at least pay for their own family. So far that hasn’t happened. The fact that it’s “expected” and taken for granted,...
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Asking Eric: Boyfriend checks out other women
Dear Eric: I'm a woman in a new relationship with a fabulous man who doesn't seem to understand an issue I've brought to his attention. I noted recently that when...
Asking Eric: I worry I was a bad son
Dear Eric: A week before he died, I made him cry. I live each day now with a regret I cannot seem to shake.
Asking Eric: I wish I had more female friends
Dear Eric: I am one of many lonely adults struggling to make close friends. It's never come easy for me, and it's compounded by the fact that I'm an introvert...
Asking Eric: How can we recognize our current and former spouses in our final resting places?
Dear Eric: I just want my second, happy, marriage recognized, as well as my first, happy, marriage.
Asking Eric: Family excluded from event with Santa
Dear Eric: We recently found out that my husband’s brother’s partner booked tickets for an event with Santa at a nearby stately home. It’s an event scheduled for when we’ll...
Asking Eric: Can someone reserve a table at a bookshop?
Dear Eric: I play Mahjong with senior citizens several times a week at a local Barnes & Noble. One day our group needed two tables, and one table had stuff...
Asking Eric: Rich brother knows I am struggling
Dear Eric: I just feel very sad that I have a brother who is so wealthy and never thinks about helping me. He uses a private jet when he flies,...
Asking Eric: Partner’s mother confesses uncomfortable paternity secret
Dear Eric: While I can appreciate that my partner's mom trusts me enough to confide in me, I didn't want to know this info, and now that I know, I...
Asking Eric: Craft hobbyist running out of display space
Dear Eric: I'm a craft hobbyist. I enjoy embroidery, painting by numbers, building papercraft models, etc. My joy is really in the process of creating these, but I find our...