Dear LFTP: jealous over my Zumba husband's admirers
- Are the Zumba letter writer's jealous feelings normal?
A listener writes that her husband takes Zumba despite knee problems and women keep complimenting his dancing on cruises and at restaurants; she admits jealousy and asks if her feelings are normal. The hosts say yes — the feelings are normal but not informed: nothing can stop random compliments, Bob is not doing anything inherently wrong, and she should make sure jealousy does not become an accusation. Their advice to 'Bob': love on your wife, introduce her ('Have you met my wife, Laverne?'), take up ballroom dancing, rent a tux. A host shares a parallel from his own marriage about his wife naming jealousy over his work travel. The 'Secular' answer is read and criticized for calling the writer 'insecure' rather than helping her.
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Dear LFTP: the trailer-park girlfriend and the blue-light neighbor
- Dear LFTP: what should a man do about his girlfriend's closeness with a troubled drug-addicted neighbor?
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Dear LFTP: the husband whose new job is full of women
- Am I overreacting about how women act toward my husband at his new job?
The reader opens the first Dear LFTP letter: a wife says her husband's new job has him working with a bunch of women, they act flirty toward him, he says he doesn't notice and doesn't want to be rude, and she wants to know if she is overreacting.
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Dear LFTP: jealous daughter-in-law and the grandchildren
- How do I handle a jealous daughter-in-law who keeps my grandchildren from me?
The first Dear LFTP letter: a grandmother writes that her daughter-in-law is jealous of her close relationship with her daughter and withholds the grandchildren when upset, though she already gets them almost every weekend.
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Dear LFTP: wife of a strip-club bouncer
- What should the wife of a strip-club bouncer do about his late-night calls with dancers?
A reader asks what to do about her strip-club-bouncer husband making friends with dancers and taking late-night calls when she is asleep.
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