Dear LFTP: the Sunday-dinner standoff
A mother writes that her recently married daughter and her ill, sleep-deprived husband had a blowup before Sunday dinner six weeks ago over the couple's habitual lateness and have not spoken since; Sunday dinners are on hold (seg-00688 to seg-00699). After a 'dos rios' (two rivers) non-sequitur gag, the hosts land the blame on the dad: illness explains but does not excuse blowing up, and he owes his daughter an apology - 'you're still the parent... own your part' - while noting chronic lateness carries its own arrogance ('oh, they'll wait for me') and suggesting practical fixes like not firing up dinner until people arrive (seg-00700 to seg-00752). The Secular answer sides with the husband's right to call out rudeness and tells the mother to support him and find other Sunday plans, which the hosts reject as abdication - 'you're a parent for life, man' (seg-00754 to seg-00780). Nathaniel is briefly dubbed 'butthead' and 'Dos Rios' (seg-00781 to seg-00799).
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