Communication
107 conversations where the hosts get into communication.
107 conversations
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Is Jesus a good leader? The 10 qualities, part one
- Is Jesus a good leader by modern standards?
Mike runs a vague internet search for 'the 10 essential qualities of an effective leader' and the room grades Jesus. 1.
From No. 602 · Relationship Counseling
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Dear LFTP: the fiance who games until 5AM
- What should the letter-writer do about her fiance's all-night gaming habit?
Mike reads a Dear LFTP letter from a woman engaged five years to Dustin, who games from 10PM to 5AM, skips chores, and gives her no attention; talking has not helped since 'he grew up gaming.'
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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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: 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 stalker ex-girlfriend
- How do I get my stalker ex-girlfriend to leave me alone?
Mike reads a letter from a man whose ex-girlfriend keeps trying to get him back, even stalking him, after he blocked her number.
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Dear LFTP: the wedding-gift cash and the missing thank-you
- Tell me, was I wrong? (wedding-gift cash and the missing thank-you note)
Mike reads a Dear LFTP letter from a woman who gave $300 cash at a destination wedding by handing the envelope to a bartender, then asked her friend six months later whether the couple received it, and wonders if she was wrong to ask.
From No. 575 · Heartfelt Heresy
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Dear LFTP: the daughter, the grandkids, and "gaslighting"
- How do we repair the rift with our daughter over watching the grandkids?
Mike reads a letter from grandparents whose adult daughter seems to have frozen them out of watching her children after they arrived ten minutes early once and she accused the writer of seeming 'off' and going through something.
From No. 575 · Heartfelt Heresy
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Dear LFTP: the intercepted text message
- Am I wrong to be offended that my niece answered my sister's text?
A listener writes that her long text to her older sister was answered by her daughter — the listener's niece, whom she does not like — and now the whole family has blown it out of proportion and is not speaking.
From No. 571 · Luddite From The Path
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Dear LFTP: excluded from the neighbors' dinner invitation
- Am I overreacting that my husband went to the neighbors' dinner without me?
A wife of 20+ years writes that neighbors invited her husband alone to dinner to thank him for yard work, he went without her, then talked about the evening with their son as if she weren't there.
From No. 567 · Talk Less
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Dear LFTP: the mumbling husband and long-marriage patience
- How can I get my mumbling husband to speak up so I can hear him?
A woman 'amicably' married 16 years is exasperated that her husband mumbles, talks from other rooms, and won't speak up despite her normal hearing test.
From No. 567 · Talk Less
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Dear LFTP: saying "I love you" too soon
- Is there a recommended timeframe for saying "I love you" in a new relationship?
Mike reads a letter from a man who reconnected with a woman he dated in the 1980s and told her he loved her too soon, then tried to walk it back to "caring and affection."
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Dear LFTP: the friend who never stops talking
- How do you handle a friend who never stops talking?
Mike reads the letter: a longtime friend hijacks every conversation, oblivious to verbal/body cues, and the writer leaves gatherings angry.
From No. 561 · The Answer is Liverpool
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Dear LFTP: the husband who only reads fan fiction
- How can I motivate my husband, who does nothing but read fan fiction all day?
A Dear LFTP letter: a wife of 35 years says her husband now does nothing but read internet fantasy fan fiction (16-18 hours on weekends, 10 hours weekdays), exercising no longer, no maintenance, no friends, and she cannot motivate him.
From No. 527 · Angels and Blessings
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Dear LFTP: the vegan-obsessed wife
- Should I stay or go? My wife has become obsessed with veganism and I can't have a conversation with her.
Dear LFTP letter one: a teacher writes that his wife beat diabetes through veganism but has since become purely vegan for animal rights, listening to vegan podcasts on earbuds all day and messaging vegan friends mid-conversation — 'should I stay or should I go?'
From No. 524 · Handshakes and Wrongness
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Dear LFTP: the drinking-establishment letter and rebuilding trust
- I exchanged numbers and agreed to lunch with a man I met while my husband was in class — how do I rebuild his trust?
A listener married four years (together ten) writes that while her husband was in a class, she went to a drinking establishment, met a man, exchanged numbers, and agreed to meet…
From No. 523 · This Is Not Love
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Dear LFTP: the difficult son and the defensive husband — 'evil advice'
- How should I handle my husband blaming our 26-year-old son for every problem in our marriage?
A Dear LFTP letter from a 30-year wife: her husband blames their 26-year-old son Isaac for every problem in the marriage, listens to no one, gets defensive, and she is caught in the middle.
From No. 522 · Biking with Billy Shatner
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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.'
From No. 521 · He Gets Us…Again
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Dear LFTP: the unaffectionate live-in boyfriend
- Should I leave my live-in boyfriend because he is not affectionate enough?
A mature divorced woman writes that she has lived with her boyfriend for two years; he is a good man but shows little affection and their sex life is “mechanical,” and she asks whether she should leave.
From No. 519 · Folk Ain’t Happy
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Dear LFTP: the brother who learned about his nephew on Facebook
- Should I be upset that my sister did not personally tell me about her new baby?
A listener who has not spoken to his sister in two years learned from a general Facebook post that she just had her fourth child, making him an uncle again, and asks whether he should be upset.
From No. 519 · Folk Ain’t Happy
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Dear LFTP: the dad who never reciprocates
- How do I approach my sensitive father about feeling unloved when he never reciprocates my help?
A listener who moved here nearly thirty years ago and serves as their immigrant father's translator asks how to approach a sensitive father who always takes and never invites or shares affection — pulling an 'I love you' out of him is like pulling teeth.
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Dear LFTP: the vacation-ruining, heavy-drinking husband
- Is it wrong to not want my husband on the next big trip?
A listener loves to travel but loathes traveling with her anxious, mean, heavy-drinking husband, who promised good behavior then 'flipped the mean switch' before the airport — and told the kids she left alone because she doesn't like them.
From No. 508 · The Caduce
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Dear LFTP: the retired wife's crossword obsession
- How do I handle my wife's crossword obsession since retirement?
Mike reads a thirty-year-marriage letter: since retiring, his wife does crossword puzzles all day, ignoring him, the kids, and family gatherings.
From No. 507 · What’s in a Name
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Dear LFTP: my husband tucks me into bed and I feel like his child
- How can the wife tell her husband his doting makes her feel like a child without starting a huge fight?
Mike reads a letter from a 36-year-old married 11 years to a doting 38-year-old husband who takes over chores when she is frustrated and tucks her into bed, kissing her goodnight; she feels like his child and struggles to love him as a husband.
From No. 487 · Sing What You Want
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Dear LFTP: the husband with no underpants
- How do I tell my husband to stop walking around the house with no underpants without hurting his male pride?
A letter signed 'covering my eyes' complains her husband walks around the house with no underpants, asking 'doesn't this look good?', and she feels violated, asking how to stop him without hurting his male pride.
From No. 480 · Youth Initiative