When aging parents lose everything, adult children often feel the pressure to sacrifice it all. One woman wrote to us after refusing to let her parents move in, sparking guilt, family backlash, and a ...

Moving back home deepened my bond with my grandparents in unexpected ways. Losing my grandmother taught me to cherish every moment with loved ones. The experience showed me the power of slowing down ...

Dear Eric: I allowed a new boyfriend to move in with me. I am six years widowed and thought this would be wonderful. He has some issues after being forced to move out from a previous relationship and ...

At 41 years old, I moved in with my 88-year-old grandmother. My personal circumstances made it relatively easy for me to slip into the role of caregiver. My grandma and I enjoy watching TV together, ...

Q. I’m a 26-year-old, Southern-raised New Englander (for now). I’ve been with my current partner for almost two years, and I feel like he’s the love of my life. We’ve gone through easy and hard times ...

In my house, there's a famous story about me as a toddler, crying at the front door with an empty backpack because I wasn't allowed to go to school with my sisters. My mom says she had been looking ...

DEAR ERIC: I allowed the daughter of a cousin, with whom I am not close, to move in with me while she finishes college. When she moved in last January it was supposed to be for a semester, but this is ...