Asking Eric: Do I tell my friend I don’t want to be around her friend? Letter writer declined a coffee date with a friend who was bringing her “misogynistic and opinionated” friend.

Dear Eric: Two of my friends are planning a girls trip that I do not want to be involved with. Related Articles. Asking Eric: I’m the bride’s great-uncle who’s going to hell Asking Eric: My ...

Advice; Asking Eric: How do I tell a friend I don’t want to get together if her misogynistic friend will be there? Published: ; Mar. 07, 2025, 7:00 a.m.

Surely, she’d want to do what she can to alleviate it. (Send questions to R. Eric Thomas at eric@askingeric.com or P.O. Box 22474, Philadelphia, PA 19110. Follow him on Instagram and sign up for ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend who is an angry and impatient driver. On a recent trip, he was the driver, and it was a very stressful experience for his passengers. He cursed at other drivers, slammed ...

If you’d asked me in my twenties if I wanted children, I’d have told you “hell no.” But by my thirties, I’d softened. When my therapist asked me on a scale of one to hundred, how badly I ...

Advice; Asking Eric: My friend stresses me out by making a bigger deal out of everything than it needs to be. Published: ; Mar. 10, 2025, 4:00 p.m.

Dear Eric: I took a job in DC at the behest of my close friend, who also invited me to live with her. Related Articles Asking Eric: My sister-in-law called me a bully and refuses to enter my home.

Dear Eric: I have been friends with “Bill” for more than 25 years. When the fire started in the Pacific Palisades, we had to evacuate our home. My wife and I went to one friend’s condo for ...

The other big factor for you might be age. If you’re still in your teens and will be 18 at high school graduation, going to college starts to make more sense because 21 is the minimum hiring age ...

I’m happy to help my friend when I can but, driving 30 miles uses up a lot of gas in my SUV and my income is quite limited (Social Security).

Dear Eric: I have a friend I’ve known since high school. We are now in our 30s. Although we are different and have different interests, we have enough common ground to maintain our friendship.