Asking Eric: What I saw on their social media struck me as a huge betrayal

Dear Eric: For the past several years, our family has celebrated the new year with another family at a very specific location on the Jersey Shore. It’s been a lovely yearly tradition.

This year, for whatever reason, we did not book the hotel. There was no mention of the trip all year, with us assuming it was not happening.

Then, a couple of weeks before the new year, the other family sheepishly mentioned they had booked a room at the same hotel we have stayed at for years. They asked if we wanted to join them...