You don’t have to give him a blanket welcome in the meantime, though. Remind her that he has amends he needs to make to the ...

We cannot sit with him and pretend nothing happened after the way he treated her and her children, and don’t want him at any ...

My spouse, 87, and I, 84, live in a three-bedroom condo near a popular beach with many attractions. When we were younger, we ...

Her current husband recently “flipped out”, screaming at my niece and her kids (including that he always hated her kids) to ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is overwhelmed be Christmas shopping and gift exchanges ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who isn't sure how to politely tell family members they don ...

We don’t know if he’s mad that she moved in with us four years ago, even though he was not offering. We don’t know if he is ...

I have a buddy that I reconnected with after more than 10 years. I’ve known him 40 years. He lives in another state about ...

A reply of “sorry, that’s not possible” is met sometimes with questions or pushback, offers to cook breakfast, et cetera.

She is now threatening that she and the kids won’t come to any events any longer unless he is welcome, which would kill my 84 ...