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Asking Eric: Daughter living the high life while mom struggles
Dear Eric: I’m a 52-year-old mother and grandmother. My daughter and granddaughter live with me due to some bad life choices my daughter has made. It’s very clear to me...
Asking Eric: Daughter suspicious of mom’s ‘tax benefit’ wedding
Dear Eric: My mom and her partner have been together for 20 years. This winter, my mom informed me that, upon the advice of their financial adviser, they’d be getting...
Asking Eric: How can I best financially help my friends?
Dear Eric: I made different choices than the others and have been fortunate financially. As a result, I'm significantly better off than the others and have excess income and assets.
Asking Eric: Former friend with benefits wants to rekindle
Dear Eric: I have a long-time friend (with benefits) from the past who is still in my life, though platonic. He lives a very comfortable life without the monetary struggles...
Asking Eric: Wife spills friend’s secret to BFFs
Dear Eric: Please help me settle a disagreement with my wife. One day, a friend of ours, “Ed,” shared something very sensitive and embarrassing with us and asked for advice....
Asking Eric: Sober diners tired of paying for drinks
Dear Eric: For the past 10 years, my husband and I have enjoyed dining out with a couple of our friends, always splitting the check evenly.
Asking Eric: Did aunt dress inappropriately to ruin niece’s wedding?
Dear Eric: My husband and I recently hosted the wedding of our daughter in our beautiful, upscale California beach town. The reception was described as "cocktails, dinner, and dancing," and...
Asking Eric: Grandkids are being kept away from dentist
Dear Eric: My grandchildren, ages 10 and 14, have not been to a dentist since long before Covid. I have brought up the subject with their mother and she agrees...
Asking Eric: No one wants to hear traveler’s stories
Dear Eric: I have been fortunate to have met a number of well-known people and visited many locales worldwide, often, due to my business, places where tourists don’t go.
Asking Eric: I suspect my filmmaker friend has a GoFundMe scam going
My friend makes no-budget films and finances them off GoFundMe campaigns that friends contribute to. To me, he's either very irresponsible or scamming his friends.