R. Eric Thomas

Dear Eric: My special friend and I are in our late 70’s and have lost our long-time spouses. We are blessed to have found each other on a hiking trip...

We’ve messaged on and off a few times. Nothing inappropriate. But now he wants to go on an actual date, and I don’t know what to do. I can’t tell...

Dear Eric: Because I am getting older (80 this year), my husband and I, who have been attending funerals more frequently lately, have begun discussing our funeral/burial wishes.

Dear Eric: I am flummoxed. I am not understanding the absence of mannerly behavior in the generations past my own (I am a boomer, perish the thought).

Dear Eric: My ex-husband has begun a relationship with a woman to whom he’s recently introduced our 10-year-old son.

Dear Eric: A few months ago, my nearest and dearest friend of 50 years ended our friendship by leaving a letter in my bathroom after we had a lovely visit.

My family wants me to kick him to the curb for how he treated me during this tragic time. I am his only relative. Do I have any responsibility to...

Dear Eric: My wife of 44 years passed away after a 6-year battle with cancer. During that time, she said that with all the billions of people on the planet,...

Dear Eric: Donation etiquette triggered a pet peeve of mine and perhaps you have a solution. My wife and I make it a habit to do the bulk of our...

Dear Eric: I don't have any good friends. The friends I had in my 20s were not as wonderful as I thought they were. We all went our separate ways....