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: 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: I am a mid-60s married woman. I have been in a deep friendship for a couple of years with a married male colleague in his 30s. Neither of us is each other’s supervisor. There is no romantic ...

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 ...

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Dear Eric: One of my best friends, who is a lesbian, just met a girl two weeks ago and they’ve already said “I love you” to each other. The other girl seems genuinely lovely, and my friend is very ...

Dear Eric: One of my best friends, who is a lesbian, just met a girl two weeks ago and they’ve already said “I love you” to each other. Related Articles Asking Eric: It took him a year to ask why I ...

Dear Eric: I’m a 72-year-old active person in several social groups. Is there a tactful way to ask if my peers have a partner at home or live alone? When I was younger it was an easy question to ask ...

Welcome to Asking for a Friend, an advice column that helps you make sense of your messiest, most complicated friendship moments. Each month, clinical psychologist Miriam Kirmayer, PhD, will answer ...