Dear LFTP: the tattoo letter and unspoken jet skis
- How can I impress upon my not-so-confident, shy child that getting a tattoo is not a good idea?
A listener worries her ex-husband, who surrounds their 22-year-old son with tattoo-positive actor friends, will take their shy 14-year-old daughter for a bonding tattoo at 18. Robbie says ask what the tattoo represents rather than forbidding it; the hosts say the letter is mostly ammo against the ex and advise raising a confident child who makes her own decisions instead of trying to control what can't be controlled. The Secular advice stresses tattoos are permanent. The segment closes with banter about unspoken prayer requests for jet skis.
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Dear LFTP: Champ the untrained dog and holding boundaries with your son
- How do I handle my son bringing his untrained dog Champ on our weekend grandson visits?
Mike reads the second letter: the writer hosts weekend grandson visits where her son Dennis brings Champ, an untrained destructive puppy that runs wild, barks, and digs.
From No. 586 · Nothing Personal
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Dear LFTP: wife mocks husband's bladder problem in public
- How should I respond when my wife mocks me and my bladder problem in public?
Mike reads a letter from a man married three years whose wife calls him vulgar names in public and makes his bladder-control problem into comedy.
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Dear LFTP: the birthday invitations
- Should parents be allowed to send birthday invitations to school when only select students are invited?
Mike reads the second letter: the parent of a special-needs pre-K child saw a Facebook group post exposing that her daughter was excluded from a birthday party.
From No. 574 · Starring Ted Danson as Joab
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Dear LFTP: Cindy's baby name ideas
- What should I do about my friend's terrible baby name choices?
Mike reads a letter from Dave about his longtime friend Cindy, six months pregnant, who keeps proposing names like chlamydia, bidet, chalet, and cliche because they sound pretty regardless of meaning.