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Asking Eric: Brother makes himself too at-home during visits
"After each visit I tell my husband that we will not host them again."
Asking Eric: Daughter ghosted after $50,000 loan
"It has been 10 months, and we have heard nothing from her as far as paying back the money or anything else."
Asking Eric: Mother called her lazy, but there鈥檚 something else to blame
"I need an income for myself. But where do I go?"
Asking Eric: Sister only calls when she needs money, now niece is calling, too
"She and two of her adult daughters have called asking for money, one asking more than once."
Asking Eric: Husband鈥檚 post-retirement fitness habits driving wife crazy
"I go to bed at around 10:30 p.m. but the broken sleep is just killing me."
Asking Eric: Grieving Mom doesn鈥檛 want to hear friends鈥� complaints about their kids
Dear Eric: Within five years of each other, both of my adult children died of illness and an accident. It has been three years since the second loss, and the...
Asking Eric: Husband develops obsession with wife鈥檚 decades-old tryst
Dear Eric: I am 80 years old and have been married to the best possible wife for 33 years. We connect and are soulmates. My question is: why have I...
Asking Eric: Bad traveler wants to go on vacation with globe-trotting friend
Dear Eric: I have a friend I鈥檝e known since high school. We are now in our 30s. Although we are different and have different interests, we have enough common ground...
Asking Eric: Boyfriend surprised with unwanted home makeover
Dear Eric: I'm a 52-year-old divorced guy, no long-term steady relationship for a couple of years now, but for the last four months I have been dating an early-40s lady,...
Asking Eric: Wife鈥檚 friends disappeared after husband鈥檚 Alzheimer鈥檚
Dear Eric: My husband had Alzheimer鈥檚 and spent his last couple of years in memory care in a retirement community where many friends live. We had been very close to...