If you’ve had personal experience with someone whose home didn’t make you comfortable, it’s fine to decline by telling them ...

Dear Eric: My late mother made a special Christmas cookie that required tedious decorating, considering each person’s personal preference for toppings, and giving them as gifts to family and friends.

Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married for 15 years. He has children from his first wife, as I have boys from my first marriage. Asking Eric: I’m a grown woman who feels like a party-crashing ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Eric: I’ve just turned 40 this past year. The last 15 years I was in a horrible drug addiction. I lied and hurt and did terrible things to a lot of ...

Dear Eric: Our grandson, who is still married but separated from his wife of five years, wants to visit at Christmas for a week with his new girlfriend. Asking Eric: I would like to ask strangers for ...

Dear Eric: My three children are grown. Two live locally and one super-local (our home!). Asking Eric: I would like to ask strangers for the restaurant food they don’t eat Asking Eric: I texted him ...