Dear LFTP: the boyfriend who answered his son's job-interview questions
- Is it weird for a parent to accompany their teen into a job interview and answer for them?
The last letter: a woman's boyfriend of eleven years accompanied his 16-year-old son into a job interview and answered the questions for him; she says parents don't do that, he says she's being critical. The hosts agree it's weird and the kid should not get the job, but counsel letting it play out: the easiest way to wreck a relationship is meeting every problem at the gate; sometimes let consequences teach. An HR manager's 'if they don't crap in the corner, we hire them' story and a Walgreens 'hiring anybody who will work' sign close out the labor-market comedy. Outro banter (876 miles, fending off admirers) and the standard sign-off end the show.
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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.