Dear Eric: My former best friend and longtime housemate is a serial monogamist and cannot go a couple weeks without being in a long-term relationship, usually having no more than two to three weeks in between very serious relationships.

A letter writer is bothered by a friend who invests all their time in their relationships, leaving no time for his friendships.

He will occasionally call me and say he misses me and wants to grab lunch. When we do that, he vents about his terrible relationship du jour.

A friend is fed up with a former bestie’s bad relationship choices and self-centered behavior; a woman wonders why her younger sister doesn’t want to visit her.

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who feels like they've lost their best friend to constant toxic relationships.

After months of initiating plans, and rarely hearing back, I decided to take a step back from it due to incredible initiation fatigue.