R. Eric Thomas Tribune Content Agency

Asking Eric

Dear Eric: After a lifetime of making bad choices in a husband and later boyfriends, I gladly embraced the single life and have been fully content and even joyful.

A few months ago, at age 70, I attended a dear friend’s memorial service. As I started to leave, I had a flash of connection as my eyes met those of my friend’s now-widower who I had worked with 40 years prior. We had a pleasant exchange; we then met for lunch a month later and then a few more times and there is a strong connection.

This could be something really good for both of us, but he told me that during his 60-year marriage he was a serial cheater and also that this need for “forbidden” sex with people he does not care about is just who he is. He has no remorse, and it

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