I don’t connect with others easily and this has been so good for me in lots of ways. – Hopeless RomanticDear Romantic:You don’t need to settle. About a year later my brother-in-law called asking to borrow $25,000 until a CD came due in a year. The money was never repaid, but worse, my husband and his brother have not spoken in over two years. Read Asking Eric Columns on Boulder Daily Camera, Loveland Reporter-Herald, Longmont Times-Call, Greeley Tribune, Fort Morgan Times, Sterling Journal-Advocate