Dear Eric: My husband and son are both on the autism spectrum. We brought our son a sofa from IKEA and left it in his house. It needs to be assembled along with hanging curtains and installing the curtain rods.

We are both 75. Our son works full-time and is finishing up his master’s thesis. He’s unlikely to be able to help with curtain installation, though he’s OK with the furniture. He lives in a fairly isolated area in another state and has no friends. I know my husband needs help doing this work but…

My husband met a woman at the local big box store and struck up a conversation with her. She’s about our son’s age. My husband asked her (without discussing it with me first) whether she would be willing to go out with him to our son’s house (7- to 8-hour drive), stay at the house for thr

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