I think it can still be tactful to ask, “Are you married?” Or “if you don’t mind me asking, are you in a relationship?” ...

Dear Eric: I have a bestie who I’ve been friends with since diapers. I tell her everything. I have a lot going on at work right now and it’s possible that I could be looking at separating from the ...

Dear Eric: My best friend of nearly 50 years has been diagnosed with cancer, and the prognosis isn’t good. Naturally, I want to support her, but she’s making it very challenging. I just spoke with her ...

DEAR ERIC: My best friend of nearly 50 years has been diagnosed with cancer, and the prognosis isn’t good. Naturally, I want to support her, but she’s making it very challenging. I just spoke with her ...

I am so confused as he is my best friend. Dear BFF: Tell your naysaying friends to back off and butt out. Respectfully. Or not! They’re problematizing a perfectly normal, innocent friendship and, in ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who has never met their best friend but is ready to end the ...

Dear Past: Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Your friend may consciously or subconsciously resent the new life ...