Dear LFTP: husband and son gang up on mom
- A wife's husband and son get along with her individually but gang up on her together -- what should she do?
Speaker-0 (Mike) reads a letter from a wife whose husband and son each get along with her individually but gang up on her when all three are together, until she dreads being around both at once and her husband gets angry when she raises it. The hosts' advice: the husband must 'man up' -- the funnel of decision-making goes Jesus first, then wife, then kids, then job, and loving your wife as Christ loved the church means presenting a united team to the kids, never letting them play one parent against the other. The Secular answer suggests family counseling before the marriage takes further damage.
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Dear LFTP: the mother-in-law moved in
- My mother-in-law moved in seven months ago and it’s been difficult — how can we sort this out?
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Dear LFTP: the single man and the holiday cliques
- Would it be wrong for the lonely single man to start declining holiday invitations?
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Dear LFTP: the grandma, 'Libby,' and the weight comment
- Was I wrong to mention my concern about Libby's weight?
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Dear LFTP: the Mimi letter ('Call Me Hoopi')
- Is it wrong for a grandmother to be upset when her grandson's other grandmother claims the same nickname?
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