In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a 73-year-old widower with questions about how to spend their money and remaining years.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Dear Eric: I am a 73-year-old widower trying to move past the death ... However, they are reluctant to offer any advice, and I am reluctant to ask for too much. Here are the questions that I ...

DEAR ERIC: I am a 73-year-old widower trying to move past the death ... However, they are reluctant to offer any advice, and I am reluctant to ask for too much. Here are the questions that I ...

Dear Eric: I am a 73-year-old widower trying to move past the death ... However, they are reluctant to offer any advice, and I am reluctant to ask for too much. Here are the questions that I ...

I'm falling for a man who's a writer, poet and musician. He lives a modest live, though, and I'm worried, though, he won't ...

Dear Eric: I am a 73-year-old widower trying to move past the death ... However, they are reluctant to offer any advice, and I am reluctant to ask for too much. Here are the questions that I ...

Once their friendship kicked off, the widower couldn't help but recognize the dynamics as ones he'd never really experienced with a man before. "[It] usually ends up feeling like a date," he wrote.

Abel Keogh never aspired to become a relationship expert. But when his life was “completely turned upside down” by tragedy, ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a senior woman and have been in a relationship for five months with a widower. His wife died three years ago. He calls me every night, and we see each other three to four times a week.