Dear LFTP: the 62-year-old with fluorescent hair
- Is a 62-year-old man wrong to streak his hair with fluorescent colors, and are his family right to criticize his 'flair'?
A reader-host reads a Dear LFTP letter from a listener whose 62-year-old father streaks his hair with fluorescent colors coordinated to his outfits, which embarrasses the family. The hosts debate whether criticizing him is fair, land on the objection being his dishonesty ('I don't care what others think') rather than the flair itself, and mock the Secular answer's 'repeat after me: we cannot change other people' as a snobby non-answer, illustrated with a joke about Ric Flair walking his Pomeranian in Bondurant.
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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?
The last letter comes from a wife whose mother-in-law moved in seven months ago with no boundaries, rising bills, unpaid prescriptions, and open disrespect.
From No. 604 · Rearview Mirror
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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?
The first Dear LFTP letter: a single man, happy with his life and plenty of friends and family, dreads the holidays — at Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings of 15 to 25 people,…
From No. 603 · Found Out
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Dear LFTP: the grandma, 'Libby,' and the weight comment
- Was I wrong to mention my concern about Libby's weight?
Mike reads the letter: she moved 2,000 miles to be near her daughter's family; granddaughter 'Libby' was diagnosed with a medical condition and put on weight.
From No. 602 · Relationship Counseling
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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?
Mike reads the Dear LFTP letter: a grandmother whose two-year-old grandson calls her Mimi — but the other grandmother claimed Mimi for herself, and the daughter-in-law is annoyed and doesn't want 'mom mom' either.