I have gifted her several items. Recently, I got her a TV for her bedroom. A week passed and I asked what she did with the smaller one I gave her. She said, “Oh, I sold it for 30 bucks.” I was floored. I paid $200 for it.

I have gifted her several items. Recently, I got her a TV for her bedroom. A week passed and I asked what she did with the smaller one I gave her. She said, “Oh, I sold it for 30 bucks.” I was floored.

My friend of 40 years moved away several years ago. She is alone and I helped in many ways with her move. I went to visit, called and stayed in touch with visits, driving two hours to see her. She called me recently to tell me all the things she does not like about me,

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a question about how to deal with friends who constantly complain about everything.

The wife recently called me to tell me she wants a divorce and has proof of him hanging out with single females. She told me he’s abusive, which is concerning and shocking. In speaking with her and trying to be supportive I said I’d reach out to my contacts for divorce attorneys she could speak to.

She called me recently to tell me all the things she does not like about me, some pretty cruel stuff, and I was crushed. I told her, I hear you, and that I was going to keep my distance and let her go.