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Whether it's your first date or 100th date, it can be hard to strike up a conversation. For some reason, it feels like your brain turns to mush, and you have no idea how to break the ice and get to ...

Dear Eric: I have been in a wonderful, committed relationship for nine years but we do not live together. We are both ...

We are going on a cruise and have invited my sister to join us. She has extended the invitation to another friend who is also friends with Teri and Bill. My sister asked her friend not to mention the ...

DEAR ERIC: My husband and I moved to a new city last year and were eager to make friends. We became close to another couple, “Susan and Mike,” rather quickly and saw them often. I realized after ...

Dear Eric: My husband and I have been together for 11 years. He has one daughter, 43, with two young children I adore and have been close to until last summer when the volcano erupted. Since the ...

Dear Jumping: I say just reach out to Jaxsen and get the information and don’t worry about the awkward factor. It’s obviously ...

Dear Eric: After 38 years of military and Department of Defense service, I retired and moved to my current home eight years ago (in a town I’ve never lived in before). I became friends with a woman ...

When we first met, I told him that I didn’t need to know about his other partners as long as he was using protection and getting tested, and he agreed. A few months in, we agreed to continue with a ...

Dear Eric: I’ve been with my husband for 25 years. Twenty of those years I spent being a mother and a grandmother and a full-time employee. I had a nervous breakdown after my second child passed away ...

Dear Eric: I recently learned that my sibling placed a security camera at my parent’s home in a location where we often gather. Asking Eric: My friend is furious because I requested a welfare check ...

Dear Eric: I am in a 20-year relationship with a mostly great guy, and we finally moved in together seven months ago. Things are going well for the most part, considering we both lived on our own for ...