Jealousy
17 conversations where the hosts get into jealousy.
17 conversations
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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
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Dear LFTP: wife of a strip-club bouncer
- What should the wife of a strip-club bouncer do about his late-night calls with dancers?
A reader asks what to do about her strip-club-bouncer husband making friends with dancers and taking late-night calls when she is asleep.
From No. 258 · Paris and the Refugees
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Dear LFTP: obsessed with the boyfriend's ex
- I'm obsessed with my boyfriend's ex-wife and can't stop checking her social media — what should I do?
A listener who moved in with her boyfriend Teddy (twenties; previously married, his wife cheated and left) writes that she Googles his ex and checks her social media obsessively and wonders if she'll have to leave him.
From No. 241 · Casting Shadows
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Dear LFTP: Connie and the towel
- Is Connie walking around in only a towel socially acceptable, or is it me, and what should I say or do next year?
A host reads a Dear LFTP letter from a woman whose boyfriend joins a fifteen-year-standing diving group in New Mexico; sharing a condo, another woman named Connie walks out of the…
From No. 235 · Is Dinner with Friends My Church?
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Dear LFTP: the copycat engagement
- Should I say no to a proposal just because it would be a copycat of my boyfriend's best friend's engagement?
A host reads a Dear LFTP letter from New York: a woman dating Caleb for three years fears his proposal will copy best friend AJ's, feeling like an afterthought.
From No. 182 · Trending with Dan
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Dear LFTP: an eight-year-old's crush on her husband
- An eight-year-old has a crush on my husband and announces 'he's mine' at church. Should I talk to her mother, and would that make things more awkward?
A woman writes that an eight-year-old neighbor girl developed a crush on her husband years ago in Sunday school, and it has become awkward as the girl runs up to him at church announcing 'he's mine.'
From No. 173 · Marijuana and Spiritual Leadership
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Dear LFTP: the wife texting 'Brett'
- A young family friend texts my wife daily and it bothers me — should she stop texting him?
The second Dear LFTP letter comes from a man in his mid-forties with four daughters: a boy who dated one of them became a family friend, but now 'Brett' texts the wife daily, which bothers the husband, and the wife refuses to stop.
From No. 136 · The Divorce-Rate Proof
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Dear LFTP: Eddie and the slow dance
- Is it wrong for my boyfriend Eddie to slow dance with other women at a wedding I was not invited to?
A listener writes that her boyfriend of one year, Eddie, was invited to the wedding of a waitress at a bar he frequents; she was not invited, and he wants to slow dance with others.
From No. 134 · February 19 2013
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Dear LFTP: the jealous fiance
- Am I being naive about my fiancee's trip with her gay friend?
The reader reads a letter from a man whose fiancee Jane is planning an island trip with her attractive gay friend Christine; he asks if he is being naive.
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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.
From No. 77 · November 21 2011
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Dear LFTP: the wealthy brother-in-law letter
- Should we say something about wealthy relatives who attend our kids' milestones but never give gifts?
A Dear Live From The Path letter: the writer's wealthy brother-in-law and family gave no graduation gift to her daughter and no wedding gift to her son, though the writer's family has been generous at the in-laws' kids' milestones.
From No. 55 · May 16 2011
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To what extent do you submit to a spouse's irrationality?
- To what extent should you submit to a spouse's irrationality?
Following the Brett letter, the hosts broaden the question: to what extent should you submit to a spouse's irrationality?
From No. 136 · The Divorce-Rate Proof
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The actual study: jealousy scales and 'compersion'
Ben reads from the actual study behind the article: the investment scale flags partners as less invested if they expect to date someone else in the next year, and the 1986…
From No. 351 · Marriage For One
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Jordan Treimer live performance: untitled original song
Jordan Treimer performs an unfinished original song he wrote over the summer, a teaser of what he will finish for the April 12 show.
From No. 183 · Doing the Most Good