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

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

Why would he even say this?

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

He also threw in that he "saw" her 75-year-old mother would die suddenly. Fun guy.

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.

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.

Asking Eric: My cousin’s dire warning created a dark cloud over our current living situation

Eric: It’s important for you and for your child that you are being supported, emotionally and financially.