Eric Thomas

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Asking Eric: After 50 years, we got divorced. But I still want to visit my ex-wife’s family

August 14, 2024 at 7:51 a.m.

A reader tells Eric that he and his wife got divorced after 50 years and seven children. He kept his distance from his ex-wife's family for a while, but now...

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Asking Eric: My relatives seem to want nothing to do with me. So why do they keep sending me gifts?

August 12, 2024 at 6:47 a.m.

Since the pandemic, I have a few relatives I hardly ever see. They hardly acknowledge me. And yet they send me hundreds of dollars for my birthday and Christmas. What...

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Asking Eric: My older husband won’t use memory tools, and it makes me anxious

August 11, 2024 at 8:27 a.m.

My older husband is experiencing age-related memory loss but he won't use the tools and techniques recommended to him by experts. The situation is giving me anxieties.

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Asking Eric: I don’t have much time left to live and I don’t to waste it on my obnoxious brother

August 10, 2024 at 9:35 a.m.

An elderly man dying of cancer doesn't want to spend any of his precious time with his brother, who's been insulting, selfish and mean their entire lives.

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Asking Eric: A young man wants to help break his ex-girlfriend’s substance abuse

August 9, 2024 at 6:39 a.m.

My young ex-girlfriend is abusing substances and I want to help. Why is everyone urging me to “stay out of it?”

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Asking Eric: The phone call rattled my parents, and I think I know why

August 7, 2024 at 7:22 a.m.

Plus: I haven't gotten over being snubbed on my best friend's birthday.

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Asking Eric: My sister wants the details of her dead husband’s affair

August 6, 2024 at 6:47 a.m.

My sister thinks her husband had an affair before he died with my friend. Now, she wants me to ask for all the details.

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Asking Eric: My ex-wife changed her will on her deathbed, putting me in a tough spot

August 3, 2024 at 9:53 a.m.

A reader tells Eric that his ex-wife changed her will on her deathbed, leaving next to nothing to our daughters. Now I'm in a tough spot with my new wife.

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Asking Eric: Sometimes in life you have to say ‘Susan, I’m not sleeping with your husband’

August 2, 2024 at 7:07 a.m.

My friend might think I'm having an affair with her husband. Why else would she be tracking my every move?

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Asking Eric: Wallpaper in baby’s room ignites family feud

August 1, 2024 at 9:13 a.m.

My daughter picked the same wallpaper for her new baby's room as my son had for his daughter. It's ignited a family feud.

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