Dear LFTP: the widow, Sam, and wedding invitations
- What is proper when inviting a widow to a wedding — should her new boyfriend be welcome?
A host reads a letter from a widow ('Dear Abby, Dear LFTP') who cared for her husband through early-onset Alzheimer's and is now with a man named Sam; twice she was told she can't bring him to a wedding. The hosts riff on the running joke that 'Sam's a creeper,' concede hosts of expensive events aren't wrong to limit plus-ones, and admit it's hard for Sam to enter a room where he knows one person. One host shares meeting his girlfriend Tessa's mom through a wedding. The 'Secular' answer calls it a breach of etiquette to ask to bring a guest to an expensive event and leaves it to her whether attending alone is worth it.
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Dear LFTP: the man in his forties and the workplace breakup
- What should a stubborn man in his forties do about his awkward post-breakup workplace?
Mike reads the second Dear LFTP letter: a man in his forties whose workplace relationship ended badly now reads every walk-by as smiles and chattering and every desk approach as…
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Dear LFTP: the fiance who games until 5AM
- What should the letter-writer do about her fiance's all-night gaming habit?
Mike reads a Dear LFTP letter from a woman engaged five years to Dustin, who games from 10PM to 5AM, skips chores, and gives her no attention; talking has not helped since 'he grew up gaming.'
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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Dear LFTP #1: the boyfriend who wants to move in
- My boyfriend was evicted and wants to move in — should I let him?
Mike reads the first Dear LFTP letter: a listener's boyfriend was evicted and wants to move in with her; she sees red flags.
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Dear LFTP: the verbally abusive 'man of your dreams'
- I love him but don't want to be in another abusive relationship — what should I do?
Mike reads a letter from a woman dating a man who calls her stupid, threatens to leave, and mirrors her abusive ex; the hosts are blunt — 'the man of your dreams does not call you…
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