In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is bothered by their husband's lack of sanitary eating habits.

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Dear Eric: My wife of 50 years told me that she no longer wants to live with me. I am currently living in our summer home with no friends or social contacts/networks.

DEAR ERIC: I have an online friend who is 30 and who is married to a guy who is in his late 50s. Even though I don’t know her in real life, I really like her and feel troubled by the age disparity.

Dear Eric: My husband has eating and sanitary habits that make me cringe. When he prepares his lunch, he licks off the mayonnaise or peanut butter that he has gotten on his fingers and then sticks ...