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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Husband lies about his past]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I've been married for four years, and I recently learned that some of my husband's stories about his past are lies. I had his mom bring old pictures of him to his birthday party I put together. I asked her if she had any pictures of him...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4293564</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Young widow left behind by spouse’s friends]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I am a recent young widow. My life partners' sudden death was devastating. Our friends told me I could reach out to them if I needed to talk or for help. So far, they have not been a great support network and seem to be keeping me at a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4293073</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Widowed stepmother won’t return family heirlooms]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Ten years ago, my dad passed away, and after 25 years of marriage, within a few months, my stepmom started dating again. She is now involved with a partner who is kind and fair. My issue is with her assumed role as conservator of my ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4292516</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Friends constantly cancel on plans]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Over the years people have said things to me such as, "I can't go to lunch with you today after all. I'm going to go to lunch with John instead." Or at the last minute, "I can't go to see the play with you this evening. My boyfriend ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4292004</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Ex-husband becomes oversharing new coworker]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I got married at 23, divorced at 30. I’m now in my 40s. I don’t have much association with my ex-husband, but I do hear about him from time to time because we’re in the same industry. Recently, my ex started working at my company ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4291318</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Boyfriend asks partner to give up her dog]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My special friend and I are in our late 70’s and have lost our long-time spouses. We are blessed to have found each other on a hiking trip and for two years have been inseparable. His family loves me and I love his family. Recently he...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4290483</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Congregant finds pastor on dating app]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I saw my pastor on a dating app. This is mostly fine, because he is single and hasn’t taken a vow of chastity (that I know of). He even said in his profile that he leads a faith community. We matched and I messaged something silly. I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4289684</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Son rejects mother’s funeral wishes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Because I am getting older (80 this year), my husband and I, who have been attending funerals more frequently lately, have begun discussing our funeral/burial wishes. We have shared some of these with our three married sons. The oldest ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4288709</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Family fears causing offense with conversation about race]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My kids, ages 15, 18 and 23, were having a discussion about post-World War II racial discrimination while we were having dinner in an IKEA cafeteria. There was a Black family sitting directly behind us. I was concerned about them saying...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4287946</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Ex-husband lets brand-new girlfriend babysit son]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My ex-husband has begun a relationship with a woman to whom he’s recently introduced our 10-year-old son. He shared via a very long-winded yet somehow vague text that they would be meeting during the two weeks our son was spending ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4287301</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Others often take advantage of generous giver]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I am a giver. It has always been ingrained in my personality. I give and help family, friends, neighbors, perfect strangers. I am always volunteering to help in any way I can. This causes people to take advantage of me. I am always ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4286666</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Angry nephew forbids aunt from seeing her dying sister]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My sister suffered a catastrophic medical event and was put on life support. When we arrived at the hospital, we were shocked to find that my 33-year-old nephew had the hospital put a “block” on my sister's chart that forbade us ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4285929</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Widower finds love with married friend]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My wife of 44 years passed away after a 6-year battle with cancer. During that time, she said that with all the billions of people on the planet, I could surely find someone else to love. And that I had her permission. After an ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4285156</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Overeager relatives mar family visit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: We recently hosted a relative and his wife for a few days. They are longtime friends and their children are our children's contemporaries. During their visit, the wife talked incessantly, sharing stories about their family members in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4284385</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/31/2026</pubDate>
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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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