Dear LFTP: the husband's unexplained weight loss
- My husband has lost a lot of weight over ten months and refuses to see a doctor; how long do I give him?
Dear LFTP: a wife whose husband has lost significant weight over ten months, is not on drugs, eats well, and refuses to see a doctor; she fears cancer and asks how long to give him. The panel reads it as possible clinical depression and notes she frames everything around herself (the church ladies' gossip, how it looks). Advice: refocus on him rather than herself, encourage counseling, and don't go behind his back to his doctor. Ben reads the "secular" answer, signed by a commenter named Regular, urging her to alert his doctor because sudden unexplained weight loss can signal life-threatening illness; the hosts debate whether HIPAA would even let the doctor share anything. The segment ends on band-name jokes ("juggernaut of narcissism").
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