Dear Ericka, I need to tell my mom I'm gay but I'm scared.  What could I do to make it easier on both of us.  I mean I know surely she'll still be hurt, but I want her to know I like females instead of guys and I'm still her daughter.  How should I tell her? -Lady   Dear Lady, I would say that it is good that you care about your mother's feelings because you could just be thinking about

Dear Ericka, How does one really know when someone is the one for them? I have been talking with a guy for a little over 6 months and everything has been great. Sometimes I think too good to be true but it feels wonderful. I can't stop thinking of him, I worry about him if for example I know he has a big meeting, or is sick, or has too much on his plate. We have

Dear Ericka, Not sure how to express this! I don't think I feel safe around my ex-boyfriend. We live in a 3 level family house, he lives on the first floor and I live on the top floor. He comes upstairs to visit every once in a blue moon and I rarely go to his house. The only reasons in which I would go to his house is if he calls me downstairs to ask a

Dear Ericka, Ericka my husband infected me with a venereal disease while I was pregnant and because of that my son was born with brain damage.  I hate him because of it and I want to leave him.  But, now he is more loving than before and always helps me with the baby. He is a better man now than he was before the incident.  I just cant get over what he did.  What should I

DEAR ERICKA, I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT IF YOU WANT TO FIND A WOMAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO TREAT A MAN, LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP SHE HAS WITH HER FATHER AND THAT WILL INDICATE WHAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP SHE WILL HAVE WITH HER HUSBAND OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER. DO YOU FIND THIS TO BE TRUE OR A MISCONCEPTION? -FISCHER   Dear FISCHER, I would say that the relationship with her father could have formulated her outlook on men which would