Category: Asking Eric

Dear Eric: My father is in his late 80s and not in great health. I cannot stop worrying that when both my father and my partner leave this Earth, I will be all alone.

Dear Eric: I don’t believe I should be responsible for half the cost, which he thinks is unfair and disloyal to our agreement.

Dear Eric: I’ve been going to the same neighborhood nail salon for nearly 10 years. They are usually great, but about two years ago, I continuously began to be relegated to a nail technician, “Sue,” who is very inconsistent, doing just OK sometimes and then on occasion was truly awful.

Dear Eric: My gut has been telling me something is not right, so I went through his phone.

Dear Eric: My hosting friends are too nice to say anything to her.

Dear Eric: I’m a 75-year-old amateur songwriter who enjoys recording what I write. I’m also a widower going on three years. When my wife of 42 years was alive, I wrote songs for and about her and us. I’d record them at home and send the recordings to our boys and in-laws who always responded positively.

Dear Eric: We keep thinking someone will offer to at least pay for their own family. So far that hasn’t happened. The fact that it’s “expected” and taken for granted, has limited our desire to get together with them as a group.

Dear Eric: I’m a woman in a new relationship with a fabulous man who doesn’t seem to understand an issue I’ve brought to his attention. I noted recently that when he checks out other women in front of me, I feel disrespected. 

Dear Eric: A week before he died, I made him cry. I live each day now with a regret I cannot seem to shake.

Dear Eric: I am one of many lonely adults struggling to make close friends. It’s never come easy for me, and it’s compounded by the fact that I’m an introvert who works from home part time with three small children, living far away from family.