In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who has many disagreements with their spouse and doesn't ...

If you can keep working while looking after your health, do it. You get 100% of your Social Security benefit at full ...

My spouse and I have two kids, ages 2 and almost 5. This summer, for financial reasons, we’re relocating from the city where ...

This parent is over the job, over the marriage and over the friendships in their small town, but feeling stuck with it all.

That means two things. First, you could legitimately move half the money into another account for your son, preferably with ...

A surviving spouse, any age, with a child younger than age 16 gets 75% of the worker’s benefit amount. Children generally get ...

Help Me Retire ‘I have health issues’: Will my spouse’s benefit get cut short if I die before I claim my Social Security benefits? ‘What happens if I die before the age of 70, say at age 68?

Today is my 61st birthday, which has me thinking hard about retirement. Eleven years ago, I divorced after 23 years of marriage. I had been a stay-at-home mother for more than 10 years and was ...

If the house is sold within two years of a spouse’s death, the remaining spouse can qualify for the full $500,000 home sale ...

There is tension in the house. When I say anything, I am immediately wrong - unless my daughter wants something, and then she's sickly sweet. OK, I have a small pension of $1,500, Social Security of ...