I really wish your son would say something to his in-laws about this. I understand that no one is under any obligation to ...

Dear Eric: I’m a sophomore in high school and I read your column in the Seattle Times. My grandma has dementia. Over the past ...

Dear Eric: My husband and I have been estranged from our 17-year-old granddaughter for eight years. We were loving, ...

Dear Eric: I have been dating my girlfriend for 1½ years now, and we have a really strong relationship. I care about her a ...

How can I move forward with this trip of a lifetime knowing my husband is not in favor? Dear Destination: A few years back, I ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a question about someone who moved back to their hometown but feels ...

Via complete happenstance I have recently become aware of my oldest friend’s death about a year ago. Mary and I grew up across the street from one another ...

Dear Eric: I was a latch-key kid in the ’70s, no father, working mom of three kids. No one was ever there to read me a story, watch me make a basket or catch a ball. I now have a 7-year-old girl.

Dear Eric: Ever since the pandemic started, a few relatives have chosen to distance themselves from the rest of my immediate family. We used to see each other every weekend like clockwork for ...

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Dear Eric: For more than five years I have been having a single friend and her two kids over to dinner weekly. This started after her philandering, narcissistic husband, who had been having an ...