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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Boyfriend and college friend have conflicted history]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I’ve been dating my boyfriend for about five years. I recently reconnected with a friend from college who I’ve really missed. After we hung out a few times, I introduced my college friend to my boyfriend at a casual dinner. Things ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4321155</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Daughter’s drawing hurts mother’s feelings]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have a typical 15-year-old teenage girl. She is my world and I do everything I can for her, knowing the general cold teenage response I will get. It usually doesn’t bother me. Recently she has been wanting money for hanging out. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4317717</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Sister’s ongoing conflict with father cause family stress]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I'm writing about my 64-year-old sister I'll call "Beth." We are three sisters. Mom passed away nine years ago. Dad is 89, living in another province. For her own reasons Beth has a hatred toward him. She complains she gets a 45-second ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4317020</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Coworker in toxic workplace wonders ‘am I the drama?’]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I really cannot tell if I’m the problem at work. I’ve been on a team for the last four years. We mainly focus on one project. Other members of the team have joined or fallen away, but the core group has been largely the same. At the...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4316474</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: After inheriting money, friend worries about making friends uncomfortable]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My husband and I are the fortunate recipients of our parents' inheritances. We worked hard and lived within our means, so we are secure in our retirement, and this money is not needed but a generous gift. I would like to use this money ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4315825</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Teacher traumatized by students’ crises]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have been a teacher for 19 years. I have seen a lot. As a mandated reporter I have had to make the call to the authorities with some frequency. I have also had other children who had prior abuse and I was always a shoulder to cry on ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4315145</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: New work friendship sends mixed messages]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I am a male, a new female coworker started around Halloween 2025, and I introduced myself on day one. The next week she comes over to my work area and asks me why I am so quiet and then she asks me a lot of personal questions and I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4314388</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Annual trip was friends-only until two started dating]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: A bunch of friends and I usually go on vacation for Labor Day. We’ve been doing it since senior year of high school. We’re now all 29. We rent two beach houses and just hang out. No one brings a girlfriend or anything. It’s just a...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4313591</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: In-laws get into altercation on vacation]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: This past July we rented a house for our two daughters, their partners and our grandkids to spend time together since they live states away. We live within 15 minutes of this house so we would spend our days doing activities in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4312871</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Spurned stepbrother considers revenge with scandalous photos]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My father died and I held a small memorial service for him. It was traumatic as my dad was not a great guy. I was confronted at the ceremony by my half-sister, whom I did not recognize as I hadn’t seen her for 43 years. She came to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4312167</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Happily married couple disagrees about intimacy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My spouse of 12 years and I do not fight, argue, or call names; we generally see eye to eye except when it comes to sex drive. We're both respectful but I do admit I have become uncaring over the years of avoidance of the issue and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4311654</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Florida heat might cause wife to leave husband]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have been in central Florida for more than 26 years, and it has become unbearable to me. There’s the brutal heat; the skin destroying UV-rays of that miserable, scorching, eye-blinding sun; the constant allergy/sinusitis issues that...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4311313</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Brother’s boundaries are unreasonable]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My brother and his wife recently cut off contact with my family listing grievances related to what I consider to be unrealistic expectations or perceived injustices (like how quickly someone responds to their message on a group chat vs....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4310848</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: ‘Good’ sister stole family treasures while sister was on mission trip]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: About two years ago, I realized that my sister and brother-in-law had burglarized me when I had made a mission trip many years ago. Some years later, I began to discover that various items were missing from my home – medical and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4309959</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Dating apps lead to uncomfortable conversations]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have been divorced for 39 years. I am 70 years old. Sporadically I pursue dates through apps. I always end up fed up and then I do not pursue the apps and therefore do not date for a while. In the last couple years, I have joined the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4309191</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Estranged daughter considers resuming communication]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I am the youngest of two adult daughters, neither of whom currently speaks to our father. Our parents stayed married for 40 years, with the second half of the marriage full of arguments due to my mother growing as a person and my father...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4308375</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Ailing person shamed for being too skinny]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I struggle with a post-surgical medical condition that has required me to be on IV nutrition daily and I have lost a considerable amount of weight. I do enjoy food, but I cannot eat much. I was happy to attend a cookout and meet folks ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4307661</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Estranged parents worry about will]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My spouse and I are in our early 70s. We live close to our son and daughter-in-law, both in their 40s. They have two children who are now in college. About two years ago (November 2024) my son cut off all contact with us. Our daughter-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4307105</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Interracial couple’s social media posts called ‘racist’]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I am a 34-year-old Black woman in a long-term relationship with a 36-year-old white man. A few years ago, I started sharing videos of us on social media. We’ll do little skits or trend videos, and we have some sponsored content. We’...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4306536</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Friend’s harsh personality pushes people away]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I’m 77 and my friend of nine years is 94. She’s become really rude whenever we dine with others and even when she comes to my home. She loves to go to restaurants, but our one friend brings her young foster daughter, and “Roxy” ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4305865</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/30/2026</pubDate>
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