R. Eric Thomas

Dear Eric: My very overprotective daughters are concerned about somebody I met on a website. We would like to hang around other women who have our political beliefs. The area...

Dear Eric: I am 65 years old and have had many friends for many years. My three best friends have decided to completely cut me out of their lives for...

Dear Eric: He was laid off. Now he doesn't work, gets disability of which he pays only $600 toward the $1,240 rent payment. I pay utilities, buy food and gas...

Dear Eric: I am a 70-year-old woman. I am having difficulty knowing how to respond to store clerks who call me “honey” or “sweetie.” I am offended when they address...

Dear Eric: When the date and time were finally provided, I told her we have to be at the hospital at 6:30 a.m. Her response was “I can’t go then;...

Dear Eric: I try to be friendly and to participate in office chatter and activities (to the extent my health lets me) but now staff members have taken to setting...

Dear Eric: I am heartbroken, my husband is angry. I thought they might have called and said, listen, let's have dinner together, maybe we could put this behind us, but...

Dear Eric: I have a variety of orthopedic issues, some chronic and some temporary. I use a cane, a walker or a wheelchair when I'm out of the house, depending...

Dear Eric: When I have broached conversations about having help or ideas that may make her life a little easier, it usually ends with me acquiescing to what she wants...

Dear Eric: My sister died and her wish was for me to write a short eulogy. I will be the only one speaking at the memorial mass.