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Asking Eric: Husband with hearing loss insists wife鈥檚 mumbling is the problem
Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married for 11 years. When we got married, he was slightly hard of hearing. The past few months his hearing has gotten...
Asking Eric: Widower has millions in the bank but wants close friends
Dear Eric: I am a widower in my mid-70s. No family, no kids. Multimillionaire; drive a Maserati; am social; look (if friends are truthful) 20 years younger; well-traveled. But I...
Asking Eric: Everything works for new couple except the sex
Dear Eric: I met this wonderful lady a year ago on a dating site. We hit it off and have been together ever since. We enjoy the same things. We...
Asking Eric: Parents鈥� hoarder house is a burden to daughter
Dear Eric: I grew up in a hoarding house. My childhood was a nightmare of shame and helplessness. As soon as I was able, I got out of that house.
Asking Eric: Husband is threatened by wife鈥檚 work trips
Advice columnist R. Eric Thomas answers his readers' questions in this September 20, 2024 edition of Asking Eric.
Asking Eric: Husband punishing wife for her panic attacks
Dear Eric: I am a 63-year-old female who has been married for 45 years to a wonderful man. We鈥檝e been blessed with a great relationship but the last two years...
Asking Eric: After 50 years, friend wants to be done with the group
Dear Eric: I have a group of three girlfriends from middle school/high school. We stayed close during college and were in each other鈥檚 weddings, etc. I have known these women...
Asking Eric: An update from grandmother who folded laundry “wrong”
Dear Eric: I don鈥檛 know if you are interested in follow-up letters, but here goes. I鈥檓 the grandma who was told she was folding her son-in-law鈥檚 T-shirts wrong (Clothes鈥檇 Off).
Asking Eric: After 12 years of marriage, stepdaughter still won鈥檛 speak to stepmom
Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married 12 years and have known each other for 17. Both of our previous spouses passed, before we met each other. He...
Asking Eric: Wife fears it抖阴ap too late to leave abusive husband
Dear Eric: My husband and I are in our mid-70s, married more than 50 years. He has been physically disabled since our mid-30s, has some form of OCD (never officially...