Asking Eric: I’m in my 60s and my best friend is a married man in his 30s

Dear Eric: I am a mid-60s married woman. I have been in a deep friendship for a couple of years with a married male colleague in his 30s. Neither of us is the other’s supervisor. There is no romantic connection, but we are very much best friends, and we adore each other. We share much in common, such as interests outside work. We text each other a ton and have so much fun spending time or talking with each other. We are also very supportive and love each other, but in a platonic way. Our spouses know of our deep friendship and neither has expressed a problem. Neither of us have hidden anything from our spouses. I have friends who think my friendship with my male friend is inappropriate. He has friends who have said the same. We don’t dare invite each other to social events where we might n