Dear LFTP: the husband who gave away the Army uniform
- What do I do about my husband giving my late father's US Army uniform to my brother, and my sister-in-law wearing it as a fashion statement?
Boova reads a letter from a woman whose husband gave her late father's US Army uniform, complete with honor patches, to her brother without consulting her; her sister-in-law now wears it as a fashion statement, calling herself 'a Sullivan.' The hosts empathize but advise starting fresh with the brother rather than attacking the sister-in-law — then realize mid-segment they missed that the husband was the giver, and revise the verdict: the husband is the real jackwagon for giving away what was not his. The Secular answer agrees but calls the sister-in-law's wearing 'stolen valor,' which the hosts push back on as too hot a take.
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Dear LFTP: wife mocks husband's bladder problem in public
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