Dear Eric: I’m a retired gay man in my late 60’s, and like many gay men my age, I married young and have children, as well as a grandchild. My small circle of friends is younger and still working, and several have never been in a relationship with a woman.

I listen to my friend’s rants on their workplace, declining health of parents and relationship problems, and upon our next meetup, will ask “how’s your mom doing”, or “did that job issue get resolved?” I make constant eye contact with anybody who is speaking to me and feel like I am being a good friend.

Then I might tell them something about my children or grandson, and their eyes glaze over, or worse, pull out their phone when I am telling them about my life. On several occasions, I just stopped talking mid-sentence, and nobody notic

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