Asking Eric: Aging Couple’s Calendar Is Too Full

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Asking Eric: Aging couple’s calendar is too full

Asking Eric: My husband and I are slowing down. How do we back out of a packed social schedule?

Advice from R. Eric Thomas.

Aging couple find their social calendar way too full

Dear Eric: So often we read questions from people seeking friends and how to do that. We have the opposite problem. How do we gracefully say no to all of the askers?

Asking Eric: How do we gracefully say no?

Dear Eric: Every week we receive invitations to have dinners, lunches or coffee with many of them. We love them and wish them well, but now we're tired and our lives are full enough.