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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Wife’s hair keeps ending up in packed lunch]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My wife is retired and does the majority of grocery shopping and cooking. For the past year or so she has also insisted on packing me a lunch to take to work. I’m a teacher and bringing lunch has been part of my daily routine for ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4198988</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Friends send cards but refuse to visit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: We have friends, who we have not seen in more than a decade. Yet the wife sends us cards for every holiday, our birthdays and at Christmas, many times with gift cards enclosed. For a while I told them to stop by and see us, or to call ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4166756</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Son chooses wife over mother]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My son has been married for 19 years. He has three children. In the beginning stage of his relationship with his spouse, I noticed that she only wanted my son to spend more time with her family. I was being observant in silence. She ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4157262</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: After father’s death, stepson wants nothing to do with stepmother]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My parents divorced and my father remarried more than 20 years ago. My wife, our children and I would visit every year or two. The visits were cordial but fairly superficial so I did not have a strong relationship with my father or his ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4131077</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Grandparents want to stop paying for partying granddaughter’s education]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My wife and I are financing our granddaughter’s college education. She has spent the last two years enjoying the social life at her sorority and traveling to vacation spots. Her GPA is poor and she has had to repeat two courses. Do we...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4096288</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Young adult hates new city home]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I moved to a new city a few years ago because I felt like I needed a change of pace after a job change and a breakup. I’m 32, if that helps. It’s a big city that a lot of people like. I’m not one of those people. I’ve really ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4095250</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Distant grandmother’s presents left unopened]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I am a very loving grandmother with family on the West Coast. I live on the East Coast. I make every effort to reach out to my son's family. I purchase books, clothes, candy, school supplies, toys for every holiday and birthday. I wrap ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4094428</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Aging couple’s calendar is too full]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: So often we read questions from people seeking friends and how to do that. We have the opposite problem. How do we gracefully say no to all of the askers? My husband and I are in our mid-80s and 70s, respectively, and have a problem we ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4093734</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Youth podcaster ghosted by professional contacts]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I am a 16-year-old junior in high school who has an ambition to be a sports broadcaster. I have started my own sports podcast. From the very start of my podcasting, I have tried to reach out to important sports people in the business. I...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4092870</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Retired parents feel guilty they’re comfortable while their kids pinch pennies]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My husband and I retired a little over three years ago. We both saved by working very hard all our lives so we can retire and travel. We started to travel often and are enjoying it very much, except I feel guilty when talking to our two...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4091785</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Caregiving friend struggles to hold boundary]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My brother and I are helping an elderly cousin who has cancer. Her chemo treatments have terrible side effects, and she is requiring more and more care because of this. Ideally, she would be getting home health care or would move to an ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4090571</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Veteran wants to find lost love]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: In high school I went with Bev for a time and I deeply loved her. Bev was outstandingly beautiful; she had a wonderful personality and was liked by all. She was two years younger than me. As young love would have it: she was deeply in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4089609</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Adopted daughter’s birth grandmother has questions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I really enjoy your column and could use some advice on tact and kindness. My spouse and I adopted our child when she was about one week old. Her birth mother arrived at the hospital on drugs and without any plan for the baby. She ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4088609</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Husband’s downward spiral put him and others at risk]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have been married for 20 years. My husband has been on a downward spiral for the last five years. He bought a motorcycle at that time, and since then goes out every weekend barhopping, and comes home totally drunk. We haven't had sex ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4087761</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Brother’s burial plans reject his faith tradition]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My older brother and I were born and raised in a Jewish household. My brother’s first wife was Jewish, his second is not. At a recent dinner with my brother and his wife, she informed us of his planned funeral arrangements, which ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4087038</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Grandfather doesn’t want to hold grandchildren]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have a situation that’s bothered me for years. I’m a grandfather. I’m going to be 78 this year. I have five children and eight grandchildren. I’m not a baby person. I don’t like holding them and doing all the things some ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4086309</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Sister shares, then retracts, harsh opinion about brother’s life]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Three years ago, my older sister sent me a book that stated that gay people are satanic, Marxist pedophiles. I am gay and wrote her back asking if she believed this. She replied that she did. I was shocked and angry and stopped ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4085333</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Sister’s personality drastically changed after divorce]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My sister has become someone I don't know. After her divorce, she became erratic, taking her anger out on everyone around her and making rash decisions we all were forced to resolve for her. Our mother, who always coddled her, insisted ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4084314</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Family wants billionaire cousin to share]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I am one of six cousins in a family that has been relatively close over the years as we share birthdays, weddings and holidays together quite frequently. There's another cousin who is part of the "other side" of the family that is not ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4083307</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Friend’s nose-blowing goes too far]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: We are a group of friends who for many years have been going out to dinner once a month. We are in our 60s to 80s, men and women. Once we are seated there is this one woman who never fails to take out a tissue and blow her nose but not ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4081918</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/02/2026</pubDate>
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