Dear LFTP: the fiancé who loves the pets more (signed 'Insulted')
- My fiancé 'Bubba' (a pseudonym) claims he is too tired or busy to show me romantic affection but stays up late snuggling our two dogs and cat — am I petty for feeling jealous, or justified in expecting the same affection from the man about to make me his wife?
Mike, addressed by name on air, reads a letter from a woman whose fiancé 'Bubba' (a pseudonym) claims he's too tired for romantic affection yet stays up late snuggling their two dogs and cat; she asks if she's petty for feeling jealous. The verdict: she's not petty — the man is weird, needs help, and must learn to honor his wife-to-be; the Secular persona advises her to reconsider the engagement before marrying into affection starvation. Guest Greg gets roped into a running joke about a promised horse that became a goldfish, plus the 'Tyrone' riff.
More on Marriage
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Dear LFTP: the spontaneous husband and the 7 p.m. date
- My spontaneous husband starts a project at 5 p.m., fails to cancel our 7 p.m. date, and shows up late in work clothes. Please advise.
Mike reads the second letter: a planner wife of two years whose spontaneous husband started a household project at 5 p.m., agreed to cancel their 7 p.m. date, never told the other couple, then showed up 45 minutes late in work clothes.
From No. 601 · Humble Faithful Idiot
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Dear LFTP: the basement musician whose wife never asks him to play
- Am I asking too much to expect my wife to ask me to play, or should I just let it go and stop writing songs?
Mike reads a letter from a married-31-years basement musician and songwriter whose non-musical wife has never once asked him to play — he wonders if he's asking too much or should stop writing.
From No. 597 · Maybe A Word From God
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Dear LFTP: the reluctant grandmother
- Am I wrong to prefer not to drive an hour and a half to visit my husband's grandbabies?
Mike reads a Dear LFTP letter from a 56-year-old married twelve years who doesn't want to drive an hour and a half to visit her husband's grandbabies — she's 'not into babies or children' — and can't understand why he won't stop asking.
From No. 596 · Mr. Prayer Closet
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Dear LFTP: the incarcerated husband
- My husband is serving a life sentence and I have met someone new — what should I do?
- How would you counsel the incarcerated husband who wants to divorce his wife to free her from the marriage?
Mike reads a heavier letter: the writer's husband is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole, having turned himself in a year and a half ago for a crime from…
From No. 596 · Mr. Prayer Closet