Asking Eric: The way my friend treated her husband before he died makes me not want to be friends with her anymore
Dear Eric: Kate and I have been friends for more than 20 years. Over 10 years ago, I would’ve almost considered us best friends. My husband considered her husband his best friend. As years went by, Kate treated her husband so disrespectfully. Time went by and their children spoke to him terribly, too.
Asking Eric: Long-term friendship seems to be fading. ‘I thought we were like family’
I feel like she is just not there with me anymore. She has gotten rid of other friends in the past and complained about other people, but now they are her new best friends. We talked briefly today but she was more concerned about a retirement account.
Asking Eric: Ex-best friend doubts widow’s grief
She treated her husband horribly before he died, and the letter writer doesn’t want to be her friend anymore. Dear Eric: Kate and I have been friends for more than 20 years. Over 10 years ago, I would’ve almost considered us best friends.
Asking Eric: My old friend is reaching out but I don’t want to reconnect
Kate and I have been friends for more than 20 years. Over 10 years ago, I would’ve almost considered us best friends. My husband considered her husband his best friend. As years went by, Kate treated her husband so disrespectfully.
Asking Eric: My friend was abusive to their late spouse -- and I’m done being their friend
In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who wants to end a friendship with someone who was mean to their late husband.
Asking Eric: A longtime friend has always felt like family, until now
I am struggling with a friend issue. We were roommates in the ’70s and have been friends ever since. She is 74 and I am 73. She is like an aunt to my two children. She was married once but has no children and has been divorced for decades.
Asking Eric: She treated her husband with disrespect and now she mourns his death on social media
DEAR ERIC: Kate and I have been friends for more than 20 years. Over 10 years ago, I would’ve almost considered us best ...
Asking Eric: Our daughter-in-law never says thanks to our many, many gifts
Dear Eric: Over the years my husband and I have given our son and daughter-in-law many gifts such as kitchen appliances, ...
Asking Eric: Daughter-in-law never acknowledges our gifts
She wishes her daughter-in-law thanked her for gifts and that her son’s family didn’t spend so much more time with his ...
Asking Eric: We helped him when he was struggling and now he has ‘made it’, but nothing has changed
Dear Eric: Several years ago, my husband and I befriended a young man struggling in the arts. We gave him use of our guest ...
Asking Eric: My letter was for her own good but now my friend is mad at me
I sent her an email which was meant to be compassionate and heartfelt and now she’s even catastrophizing my telling her all ...
Asking Eric: I can barely leave my house anymore because of all the ‘service dogs’
Dear Eric: I am very allergic to dogs. I also have been bitten numerous times throughout my life so I am quite wary of dogs.
Asking Eric: There are dogs everywhere. I stay home to avoid them.
Letter writer is allergic to dogs and thinks people bringing them everywhere is a “serious problem.” ...
Asking Eric: Fairytale engagement sours friendship
A few of her friends — including me — think that she’s jumping into a relationship/marriage with him too quickly.” ...
Asking Eric: Trying to navigate pet allergy among dog lovers
I would like to go to a restaurant without dogs wandering around and would like to go to the grocery store without seeing ...
Asking Eric: I’m glad our friend Bob got famous but his behavior is annoying me
Dear Fame: I’m with you on this. It burns my biscuit that Bob hasn’t found ways to show his gratitude, And it’s especially annoying that he’s still sending you grocery lists. It’s one thing to host ...