When friends keep sending the same oversized gourmet gift each year, finding a polite way to redirect their generosity ...

Dear Eric: For the past two years, dear friends have sent me and my spouse a gourmet food gift for Christmas. It is something ...

For the past two years, dear friends have sent me and my spouse a gourmet food gift for Christmas. It is something they enjoy ...

Dear Eric: For the past two years, dear friends have sent me and my spouse a gourmet food gift for Christmas. It is something ...

... is there a way to address this in such a way that won’t prove embarrassing to either the givers or the recipients?

Dear Eric: For the past two years, dear friends have sent me and my spouse a gourmet food gift for Christmas. It is something ...

Dear Eric: Our grandson, who is still married but separated from his wife of five years, wants to visit at Christmas for a ...

My son’s wife had a daughter years before she married my son. Should the daughter get a share of inheritance? Is she even ...

We prefer not to receive this particular gift again this year (we still have some left from last year) but fear it would be ...

Dear Friend: Try both options. Talk to her in a kind, nonjudgmental way about what you’re noticing and ask her if she’s ...

DEAR ERIC: I have a good friend whose memory seems to me to be slipping. She laughs it off, saying she has so much going on ...

We would love for him to visit but not with any new friend. How can we tell him without hurting his feelings and damaging our ...