Advice for Life

Thanksgiving table. By Emily Lee. This overwhelmed holiday hostess has had it – it’s not just Thanksgiving dinner, but extended family members expect to stay at her house as well.
Advice for Life

Overwhelmed Holiday Hostess

After 45 years of hosting Thanksgiving, she wants to cut back

By R. Eric Thomas | October 31, 2025
A senior woman on the phone. Used with column on multitasking phone conversations.
Advice for Life

Annoyed by Multitasking Phone Conversations

Should she just be grateful that they are calling?

By R. Eric Thomas | October 24, 2025
A box for ashes, for column on when no one wants the cremains
Advice for Life

Pawning Off the Cremains

No one seems to want the box of ashes

By R. Eric Thomas | October 17, 2025
A mother and daughter or daughter-in-law talking lovingly outside. For article on mother-in-law names.
Advice for Life

Mother-in-Law Names Quandary

The future mother-in-law wants to approach the topic lovingly

By R. Eric Thomas | October 10, 2025
A DNA revelation: a man opens an envelope showing he isn't the father. By Kuprevich
Advice for Life

DNA Reveals His Kids Aren’t His

What defines a family?

By R. Eric Thomas | October 3, 2025
A woman frustrated at what she sees on her laptop computer, perhaps expressing her online dating woes. Image by Elnur
Advice for Life

Tired of Friend’s Online Dating Woes

Dysfunctional searches and declining self-esteem

By R. Eric Thomas | September 26, 2025
A man gardening in peace.
Advice for Life

Gardening in Peace: Do Not Disturb

How can a man tactfully stop his neighbors’ chatter?

By R. Eric Thomas | September 19, 2025
mean woman, toxic sister, used with advice article on a friend who gets meaner with age. Image by Isabel Poulin
Advice for Life

Changing Decades of Control by Toxic Sister

Woman has had enough of her narcissistic personality

By R. Eric Thomas | September 12, 2025
A woman with cancer sits in a wheelchair and looks mournfully out of the window. A woman is concerned about her longtime friend’s cancer diagnosis, but the friend’s aggressive reactions to her inquiries are damaging the friendship. Advice columnist Eric Thomas weighs in.
Advice for Life

Friend’s Cancer Diagnosis Splinters Friendship

Hurtful comments are driving a wedge

By R. Eric Thomas | September 5, 2025
A couple having an argument at home, such as over the husband’s emotional affair. By wavebreakmedia ltd
Advice for Life

Husband’s Emotional Affair

First it’s over, then it’s not

By R. Eric Thomas | August 29, 2025

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