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Dear Eric: My wife and daughter have not gotten along well since my daughter hit middle school (she’s now about to turn 18). Part of the problem is that they are very much alike.

DEAR ERIC: A couple of years ago I reconnected with a high school friend. We are in our 60s. We occasionally get together for coffee or dinner, but I find myself making excuses not to meet.

Dear Eric: An old high school girlfriend of my husband’s (more than 40 years) creates social media posts about him and tags him, including photos of him or of the two of them together.

Dear Eric: Nearly eight months ago, my 81-year-old brother lashed out saying hateful and hurtful things about our youngest sister. At the time, I suspected he was drunk and probably frustrated ...

Eric Thomas: My blood pressure has gone through the roof. Plus: The daily droning phone calls make me want to scream.

Dear Eric: My wife and daughter have not gotten along well since my daughter hit middle school (she’s now about to turn 18). Part of the problem is that they are very much alike.

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In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is bothered that their spouse doesn't shower for days or sometimes more than a week at a time.

Dear Eric: I have some advice for the person who took her mother-in-law on a girls trip and her mother-in-law complained the whole time (“Trip Gone Wrong”). My own MIL was very passive ...