The couple is in their early 70s and doesn't appreciate well-meaning neighbor's little corrections to how they live their life.

Dear Eric: My fiancé and I are currently living together and planning on getting married soon. This isn’t our first marriage, and I am crazy about him, which at my age I never thought would happen. His children live in the house: 27, 21, 16-year-old twins, and a 15-year-old.

A couple in their 70s is in good health, but their neighbors keep assuming they need assistance. Dear Eric: My wife and I are in our early 70s and live in a suburban neighborhood where every other person has a dog,

We’re both in good health but have noticed some of the younger remote worker neighbors have become a bit overly solicitous.

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a question about how to deal with neighbors who are overstepping boundaries.

We’re both in good health but have noticed some of the younger underemployed/remote worker neighbors have become a bit overly solicitous. On one occasion, I left a fence gate open, and one of our neighbors discreetly came by and closed it (we knew it was open – there’s no need to keep the gate shut).