Dear Eric: My best friend of more than 35 years is waffling over attending my son’s wedding. Her excuses for not coming are an as-yet-unplanned hiking trip in Europe (it would be her fourth in ...

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 ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend I have known since college. We are both 70. She asks personal questions that hurt me. There are two that really bother me, and I would like to know how to respond.

DEAR ERIC: I have a friend I have known since college. We are both 70. She asks personal questions that hurt me. There are two that really bother me, and I would like to know how to respond.

Dear Eric: I am a female executive employed by a large global corporation. It is a common practice in my workplace, and an expectation of my job, that I meet with colleagues, customers and service ...

Dear Eric: I am a man in my 50s who has fulfilled a 10-year dream: I have written, produced and starred in a comedy web series. I worked diligently on the scripting, put up my own funding ...

Dear Eric: In a few weeks, my sons, 22 and 20, will be coming for a visit. Both have stated that they do not wish to renew their rental lease. I love and like my boys. I would welcome them with ...

Dear Eric: I am 80 and my daughter is 44. I am a retired professional and my daughter, a college graduate and business owner, gets offended when I question anything she does. She’s considering ...

Dear Eric: You gave good, practical advice to “Left By Friends”, a recently retired attorney whose friends “disappeared” after a rare dementia diagnosis. Here’s an additional perspective ...

Dear Eric: We are retired grandparents to 7-year-old twins who live close by. We are delighted to help with kiddo chauffeuring, grocery shopping, or anything else needed by two very hard-working ...

Dear Eric: I live in a small town about five hours from my parents, who live in the biggest city in our state. They have a beautiful home with a great downstairs room that is perfect to stay in ...

Dear Eric: My wife and I uprooted from our rural community and bought a home to be nearer our grown children who had both settled near the city. Soon after, our son and his family of four and a ...