Dear Eric: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday.

Dear Eric: This may be immature but there’s a snub that has bothered me for 70 years. Irene was my best friend since elementary school. We lived next door to each other and were inseparable.

Dear Eric: I am a single, recent college graduate whose parents have just gone through a very nasty divorce. As much as I love them both, there is a “bad guy” in the whole situation, and it is ...

Dear Eric: I found out recently that I have a half-sister who lives 15 minutes from me. I have not communicated with her so far. It looks like the baby was born about 10 months before my parents ...

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: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday.

DEAR ERIC: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday.

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Asking Eric: Parents’ house has become free hotel for friends. Friends started staying at the letter writer’s parents’ house in the city without saying something first. May 19, 2025.

Asking Eric: Once again, my parents have hijacked my birthday and made it about them Miss Manners: I yelled at the people on the bus. It did not feel great. Dear Eric: ...

Dear Eric: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday.

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 ...