Dear LFTP: the wife's first boyfriend
- How should a husband respond when his wife says she will always have a place in her heart for her first boyfriend?
Ben reads a letter from a man disturbed that his wife of 15 years says she will always have a place in her heart for her first boyfriend. The hosts tell him to grow up: a fond first-love memory differs from marriage love, and he married a twice-divorced woman knowing the baggage. Dan tells a personal story: a stocky Wisconsin rival drove to Des Moines to woo Sharon away before they married, and he chose secure, mature trust over forbidding the meeting. The secular advice, 'get over it' and redirect past-talk to the present, gets a joke about styling hair like John Belushi or Will Ferrell.
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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?
Mike (addressed on air) reads a letter from a man in an 18-year unmarried relationship: his girlfriend Jana (64) has become inseparable from Aiden (35), a drug-addicted disabled neighbor draped in blue lights who walks the middle of the street.
From No. 497 · Nothing More Than Feelings
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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.
From No. 428 · Old Church Ideas
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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.
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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.
From No. 311 · Lose Your Life to Gain It