Dear Eric: I am friends with a person I dated for a short while. We’re in our 50s. The only reason I still see her is that she doesn’t have any other friends. Related Articles Advice | Asking Eric: My neighbor yells at me when I try to reclaim my yard from her ‘wilding’ Advice | Asking Eric: Should I tell well-wishers what I learned after my boyfriend died? Advice | Asking Eric: When our grandnephew visits, he can’t stay off his video games Advice | Asking Eric: My widowed friend cancelled our long-planned dinner date at the last moment Advice | Asking Eric: I saw what my teen calls me in his phone contacts She is also a sole parent to a difficult teen who also has no friends and has no desire to make any (she tells me this).