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I have a friend who just asked me for $5,800 because he’s in arrears on his mortgage and they’re planning on doing a sheriff sale. So I was thinking about loaning him the money, because he’s been a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m an adult with physical and emotional disabilities, and I live with my caregiver. I have an older friend who is a very sweet person with good intentions, but I feel like she ...

Dear Eric: I recently set boundaries with a friend who would vent to me about another friend of theirs, with whom I’m only barely acquainted. I asked them to stop processing this other friendship of ...

Miss Manners: The store manager berated me after my run-in with a noisy child Miss Manners: Should I tell them they gave me a knockoff of my signature scent? Miss Manners: Everybody says I just need ...

Dear Abby: After years of disappointment, I finally found the man of my dreams. How do I tell him he isn’t doing certain things right in the bedroom without it being uncomfortable? I have mentioned it ...

Dear Lucas: A group of friends and I are planning our annual camping trip, and one of my friends, God bless him, always wants to make sure everyone is included. Because of that, he invited this guy he ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a close friend who is getting divorced because her husband told her he didn’t want to be married anymore. He “wants to be free.” Of course, she is devastated. Related ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Eric: How do you stay friends with someone who puts zero interest in maintaining an adult friendship? My best friend from high school (of more than 20 ...

Despite close supervision, my friend’s dog bit my 5-year-old while we were all on a group vacation together, sinking two teeth into my kid’s leg. My child was not bothering the dog (we have two dogs ...