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My elderly mom wants to move from her house in the country to a smaller home in town. This is her idea, and she’s already looking for a house. However, she has a house, a garage and a barn full of ...

Dear Amy: My mom and I have had a bumpy relationship ever since my parents got divorced about 10 years ago. Instead of finding healthy ways to cope, my mother blamed me (and my brother) for her ...

Mushrooms. Fungus. Ick. Every time I see a dish with mushrooms, I immediately avert myself from it. The earthy, umami flavor has always rubbed ...

Dear Eric: I’m a grown woman in a healthy relationship with two children of my own, and I can’t stand being around my dad. I’m resentful of him for a childhood full of emotional abuse that I feel has ...

I’m afraid to move out of my mom’s house. Right before the pandemic, after another terrible experience with a roommate costing me some of my savings, my mom said I could move in with her until I saved ...

Dear Eric: I am a 35-year-old gay man. My mother is a duplicitous, bitter woman and my father is a weak-willed, hateful homophobe. Asking Eric: I know it sounds petty, but I won’t let my sick friend ...