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Dear Anna,

I could use your help. I rent a parking space during the workweek from a very charming woman who lives in the building across from my office. A coworker connected us through the doorman when I was looking for a space.

From the first time we spoke, there was a … familiarity. She asked if we’d met before. She’s always been kind ...Read more

Dear Eric: We are four couples, everyone in the group except me has the same birth year. For their 60th 10 years ago, we planned a trip together and had a great time.

My husband and one of the men are cousins. As the years passed, his cousin wanted to remain close and wanted to get together at least once a month. Sometimes one of the other ...Read more

Dear Eric: I have a variety of orthopedic issues, some chronic and some temporary. I use a cane, a walker or a wheelchair when I'm out of the house, depending on how I feel that day, or what sort of activity I'm planning to take part in.

Now that I've reached a certain age, I interact a lot with people who are getting new hips and knees. They ...Read more

Dear Eric: My 87-year-old mother has pancreatic cancer. My husband and I moved out of state to live with her for four months while she went through radiation and enough of the recovery for her to live independently.

Her cancer is back after about a six-month reprieve. The doctors have said she cannot have more treatments due to health and age. ...Read more

Dear Eric: I have a good friend of more than 30 years who has two teenage sons. One son is friendly and welcoming whenever we go to their home or when he comes to ours. Her other teenage son is oftentimes rude and incommunicative.

For example, we recently went to their home, and her son wore his headphones the entire time. He came in, ate, and ...Read more

Dear Eric: After more than a year together, my boyfriend and I are planning to move in together with his brother. Originally, I was planning to move away since I'm graduating college and received some very cool opportunities, but after meeting him I was willing to put my career aspirations on hold in order to see where our relationship would go....Read more

Dear Eric: My mother-in-law and father-in-law won two prizes in a raffle one Christmas. We were shown these prizes. Twelve months later, we traveled 2,500 miles to visit them for Christmas again. On Christmas morning, my husband and I received these raffle prizes for Christmas presents. We don't believe they had forgotten that they had shown us ...Read more

Dear Eric: I am a recently retired woman who is appreciating my morning routine at the gym. I love the group exercise classes. My issue is with one woman who insists on counting very loudly with the instructor, slipping in loud singing with the music and thinking she is entertaining during class.

She does it during every class twice a week. The...Read more

Dear Anna,

My boyfriend and I have been together for a little over two years. We live together with his two boys and my son. About a year ago, I found out he had been cheating on me. He was messaging women on dating apps and Craigslist, and he was also talking to and possibly hooking up with trans women. I found emails and texts with several ...Read more

Another day, another set of dating questions. Have any of these been on your mind lately?

Q: Is it OK to ask for/take a break from the relationship I’m in if I am feeling stressed out by it?

A: If your relationship is making you feel stressed out, taking a break will not get to the bottom of it.

This is really where you have to do some ...Read more

Dear Eric: My girlfriend (30) and I (35) can’t seem to agree about this one thing. She’s friendly with her male neighbor in her apartment building. They don’t go to each other’s apartments, but they’ll say hi in the halls and chat. I don’t like this. I’ve asked her to stop and she won’t. Am I wrong?

– One-woman Man

Dear Man: ...Read more