Asking Eric: Was cousin trying to be helpful when he predicted I’d soon be permanently disabled?

Asking Eric: Cousin’s creepy prediction about my health sours our current living arrangement

Why would he even say this?

Asking Eric: How can freshman explain why she needs a private dorm room without revealing GI issues?

Moving 1,400 miles from home is stressful enough.

Asking Eric: Divorced woman is stressed enough without cousin predicting catastrophic health issues

A woman coping with divorce and illness is unsettled by her cousin's grim prediction.

Asking Eric: Freshman worries she’ll be grilled about private health issues once she gets on campus

She is absolutely adamant about not talking about her bowel issues with anyone, including her therapist.

Miss Manners: Gross. I don’t want to eat someone else’s half donut at work

They suggest (gasp!) people take a whole donut and throw away the part they don't want to eat.