R. Eric Thomas

Dear Eric: Sam currently works in a bar with hopes of learning how to be a bartender. His plan for the future is to marry my daughter and make a...

Dear Eric: My husband and I recently attended a destination wedding 1,500 miles away for the daughter of friends we have known for more than 50 years. We gave a...

Dear Eric: My son recently announced that he and his wife are divorcing. Shortly after that, I found out my son had an affair with the daughter of my ex-husband's...

Dear Eric: We have a friend who fancies himself a filmmaker and has made several no-budget films. We have helped him out as performers and crew, and my husband, a...

Dear Eric: When I am with them, they are loving, full of enthusiasm and say they will keep in touch and maybe even come see me. Then, nothing. I know it...

Dear Eric: I am in my 70s, and for the last couple of decades I have had occasional coughing fits that are triggered by talking too long and/or too loudly....

Dear Eric: Is praying for my friend’s marriage all I can do at this point?

Dear Eric: I got a good job, started making good money ($55,000 to $81,000 per year), and moved out. My parents and two brothers, who live together, keep asking me...

Dear Eric: We’ve discussed it a few times and she makes an improvement for a short term but soon backslides into her habit of having four, five, sometimes six glasses...

Dear Eric: I did a bad thing – I ghosted a friend. The friendship made me uncomfortable.