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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Mandatory mental health days stress employee]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Once a year, the company I work for encourages a day off from work spent with coworkers labeled as a "mental health day." To me this would be OK if we didn't spend so much time together at work. I work 40 hours a week with these people....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4283528</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Noisy neighbor kids mar backyard oasis]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: After working 50 years, I recently retired. At the same time, the house next door to us was sold to a family with six children, ranging in age from newborn to 10 years old. We do not have large lots. What was once my backyard oasis (I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4282760</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Wife’s complaint gets husband in hot water at work]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have a stressful job with coworkers that I think are nice but inept. My boss’s boss is his brother and there are a few other family members at the company, so it’s no surprise to me that people with no skills seem to have ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4282167</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Adult child of friends ruins parties]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: We are an empty-nester couple in our 50s. We entertain often, and in one group is a couple who have an adult child, W, who lives with them. This couple frequently asks if W is invited too. We always say yes. The problem is that W tends ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4281521</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Daughter’s needs drive parents deep into debt]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Our youngest child has worked only part time for the past two years, despite being a single mother to two children. At the same time her job situation deteriorated, my husband and I moved away from the city where we all had lived. Our ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4280815</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: After tragedy, daughter says mother’s love is only skin-deep]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My husband died by his own hand more than 20 years ago. We had three kids younger than 15. I was devastated but I had to keep going to maintain some normalcy for them. I went back to school, got a job, sent kids to college, et cetera. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4280000</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Cousin is a good cook with a filthy house]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have a first cousin that is a very good cook and likes to invite people over for dinner. She has a good job in the medical field. She is not overtly depressed. The problem is the housekeeping and upkeep of the kitchen. Filthy doesn’...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4279110</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Threadbare clothing causes embarrassment Dear Eric: How much wear is too much wear on personal items? If I am even middle class, I'm clinging to the bottom rung by the tips of my fingers. I know work clothing must be clean and neat, free from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4278249</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Ex-stepmother may lean on estranged stepson]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My parents got divorced when I was a toddler. Father remarried to a woman for about 15 years until another divorce. My relationship with the stepmother was unhealthy nearly the entire time they were married. Now we usually exchange ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4277509</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Siblings don’t show up for mother’s centennial]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My mother turns 100 soon. I have three siblings who live in the same city 450 miles away. I live close to and see my mom the most. I queried my siblings about the most convenient date to celebrate our mother’s 100th birthday. I got ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4276890</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Friends’ prejudiced thinking leads to social isolation]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have never had patience for prejudice. I grew up in a household where it simply wasn’t practiced, and it wasn’t until I went to college in the 1980s that I realized some people harbor dislike for others without reason. To this day...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4276341</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: 39-year-old too anxious to get a job]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My longtime friend has a 39-year-old son who refuses to look for a job. His last job was seven years ago. His mother found the job for him, but his employer passed away. He is bright, likeable, talented, good-looking and in great shape....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4275648</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: 40-year marriage suddenly sours]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: What should one consider if thinking about divorce? My spouse and I have been married for more than 40 years; the first 41 were very positive. We both worked so were not underfoot, were supportive and loving of each other and had many ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4274843</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Local celebrity’s fame puts strain on relationship]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I’ve recently started a new relationship with a man who has a very public job in our town. I’m more introverted naturally and I’ve found it really taxing to always be out and about, watching him schmooze with people as I slip into...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4273988</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Kitchen remodel divides couple]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My husband and I are retired. We each have significant (and equivalent) retirement savings. We keep our finances separate, except for periodic deposits into a joint account that covers utilities, taxes, et cetera. We decided to remodel ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4273129</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Husband of 40 years leaves abruptly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My husband of more than 40 years left a note for me to come home to and was gone. It came as a huge surprise as every day he told me he loved me, up to the day before he left. Our then-25-year-old son, too, was blindsided. My husband ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4272362</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: After getting dumped, letter writer wants to date younger coworker]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Recently I was dumped by my fiancée after dating for two years (no great loss according to my mother and friends). I noticed at work a young girl,18, just graduated from high school, who is cute and seems very nice. I am thinking of ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4271728</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Friend of a friend is an enemy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Do I have to be friends with my friend’s other friends? I have a good friend, D. Our sons are good friends, too, so we see each other often. D and her three friends have known each other for a really long time. I didn’t really get ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4271198</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Friend’s allergy creates dinner drama]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: About once a month a group of us from church go out to dinner. At our last dinner, I was sitting next to a woman I know casually. The day after this dinner, the woman complained to the person who organized the event that she had to go ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4270531</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Sister tries to sabotage new relationship with half-siblings]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My parents married as teens and had two children: me, and my younger sister, “Jodie." They divorced when I was two and I never saw my father again. My mother and her second husband were abusive to us. As an adult, I have maintained as...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4269695</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/11/2026</pubDate>
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