Money
183 conversations where the hosts get into money.
183 conversations
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Dear LFTP: the $4,200 loan that never came back
- How do I get past the sadness over the $4,200 loan my friend never repaid — do I just let it go?
The final Dear LFTP letter: a year ago a supposed friend asked to borrow money — her husband had left the country to renew his visa, her car was repossessed, she had no way to get to work.
From No. 603 · Found Out
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Dear LFTP 2: unequal in-law cash gifts
- Am I petty for feeling less valued over unequal in-law cash gifts?
Mike reads the second letter: every year the writer's in-laws give cash to all children and spouses equally — except her, who gets half — while she hosts every celebration, visits weekly, and helps with repairs.
From No. 593 · Do You Hear What I Hear
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Dear LFTP: the stolen college fund and telling the 90-year-olds
- Should I tell my 90-year-old parents that their grandson stole my granddaughter's college fund?
Ben hands to Mike, who reads a grandmother's letter: her son helped himself to the college money the great-grandparents set aside for her granddaughter; she fears telling her parents, in their nineties, could shock them into a stroke.
From No. 586 · Nothing Personal
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Dear LFTP: the inheritance and the controlling husband
- Should a mother leave an inheritance to a daughter whose controlling husband will control it?
The second letter comes from a mother whose daughter married a controlling, rude husband; she wonders whether to leave a sizable inheritance knowing he will control it.
From No. 584 · When Vanek Was Here | Cambodia Testimony, Church Mission, Josiah Queen
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Dear LFTP: husband's slot-machine addiction and a lost life's savings
- How should an 80-something wife respond when her husband's slot-machine addiction gambled away everything?
A letter from a woman in her eighties: her husband developed a slot-machine addiction, gambled away every asset from 58 years of marriage, and their son bailed them out as trustee of the land and home while doling out a tiny allowance.
From No. 581 · Silly Rabbit | Christianity, Culture, and Navigating Social Expectations
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Dear LFTP: the $99 birthday bill and "Jesus always pays"
- Was it wrong to be taken aback when I was expected to split the cost of a friend's birthday dinner?
Mike reads a letter from a man invited to a friend's birthday dinner at a popular restaurant: after the birthday boy excused himself, the waiter presented the bill and the nine…
From No. 580 · Not Sure | Old Testament Law, Holy Spirit Guidance, Christian Discernment
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Dear LFTP: the rain cloud and the value of work
- How can I get out from under this rain cloud at work - do I want too much out of life?
Mike reads the second letter: a woman in her early thirties, happy in marriage and new house, but miserable in high-stress tech marketing - 'How can I get out from under this rain cloud?
From No. 577 · The Spirit, the Goldfish and the Way
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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 birthday bill
- Is it unreasonable to resent always paying the family birthday bills?
A woman asks if she is unreasonable for resenting the $500-$1,000 birthday bills she always covers for her younger sister, whose husband never helps.
From No. 563 · Raptors and Heifers
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Dear LFTP: the GoFundMe for a friend with cancer
- How do I balance my friendship with my moral compass regarding the GoFundMe I set up?
A Dear LFTP letter: the writer set up a GoFundMe for a close friend diagnosed with breast cancer who has always been impulsive with money (gambling, cruises, fancy restaurants)…
From No. 552 · Affirming the Nasty Part
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Am I the Donkeys Behind? The father-in-law's free house
- Am I the donkey's behind for handing the house decisions back to my father-in-law?
- Should the couple take the free house and stick it out with the controlling father-in-law?
The guest reads the second letter: a generous father-in-law with 'the a-hole gene' bought the neighboring house for the couple, put his and the husband's names on the title, then…
From No. 536 · The Olympic Supper Club
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Dear LFTP: should a father disinherit his daughter over her boyfriend?
- Should people's misuse of a gift be a reason to not give a gift?
- How do I tell my daughter I am removing her from my will?
Boova reads the full letter: the boyfriend stole $200,000 from his grandparents, has a denied gambling problem, and already took $200 from the daughter's checking account since release; the father fears telling her about the will change will end the relationship.
From No. 529 · Enter The McCormick
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Dear LFTP: the $8 spaghetti sauce in the grocery line
- Should I feel guilty for not covering the stranger's grocery bill when I could barely afford my own?
Boova (speaker-2, who reads the letter on-air) reads a Dear LFTP letter: at a grocery store, a young woman with an $8 jar of spaghetti sauce used the last of her food-stamp card,…
From No. 522 · Biking with Billy Shatner
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Dear LFTP: the paramedic's overtime fight
- How do I address my wife pushing me to work more overtime while spending her own vacation without me, without starting a fight?
A paramedic writes that his wife pushes him to pick up twelve-hour shifts while taking none herself, citing housework, and spends her vacation at theme parks without him.
From No. 516 · Pastor Rico Suave
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Dear LFTP: the $900 Taylor Swift ticket
- Am I wrong to think my neighbor was not acting as a good friend by selling my 15-year-old a $900 Taylor Swift ticket?
A letter writer says a friend and neighbor sold her 15-year-old daughter a Taylor Swift ticket for $900 after buying it for $300, and wonders if she is wrong to think of the woman differently now.
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Dear LFTP: the gas-money errand friend
- Is my friend cheap for charging gas for an errand, or am I cheap for complaining about it?
A listener's close friend offered to pick up a few small items in town, then billed her for purchase price, tax, AND gas — for weightless items on an already-planned trip.
From No. 508 · The Caduce
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Dear LFTP: the husband who is generous with everyone but his wife
- Why is my husband generous with everyone else but stingy with me, and what should I do about it?
Mike (speaker-1) reads a Dear LFTP letter from a woman married 30+ years whose husband splits every bill to the penny and is generous with everyone except her, making her feel unimportant.
From No. 493 · Charlatan Kings
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Dear LFTP: the son's friend who never says thank you
- Should a parent speak up to a son's friend who expects everything paid for and never says thank you?
A letter signed 'not an ATM in the South' describes a pleasant, respectful 19-year-old friend of her sons who has come on family trips for years and now expects everything paid, never saying thank you.
From No. 480 · Youth Initiative
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Dear LFTP: living with the boyfriend's dad
- Should the letter writer leave her boyfriend's house given his father's behavior?
A Dear LFTP letter: the writer lives with her boyfriend and his father, who is rude, racist, and self-centered — spending money on himself, then complaining he is broke, with every conversation turning into an argument.
From No. 477 · Shofar, Shogood
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Dear LFTP: 58-year-old's boyfriend demands she pay off his car
- My boyfriend demands I pay off his car and guilt-trips me when I refuse; what should I do?
A letter from a 58-year-old woman: her boyfriend, learning she has money to live comfortably on, asked her to pay off his car, and now refuses to answer the phone because she said no.
From No. 467 · We Ate The Locusts
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Dear LFTP: the $80,000 cat renovation, plus outro
- What should a man do about his girlfriend's incontinent cat after spending $80,000 to move in?
A letter from a man who renovated and moved into his girlfriend's house for $80,000 after twelve years together: her old cat is urinating all over the house and she won't act.
From No. 466 · Put Your Name On It
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Only thirteen percent of evangelicals tithe
- What percentage of evangelicals actually tithe?
- Does a day set apart as holy still matter beyond legalism?
A giving study ("The Generosity Factor" finds only 13% of evangelicals tithe, half give less than 1% of income, and the median church giver gives about $800 a year.
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Dear LFTP: the niece's Hollywood play
- How can we get out of attending our niece's self-produced play without causing resentment?
A letter-writer's niece spent twelve years in Hollywood, landed only a hand-model commercial, then wrote a one-woman play she produces, directs, and stars in — expecting family to pay $50 a head, and the writer asks how to get out of it without resentment.
From No. 446 · Fresh Perspectives
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Twelve stumbling blocks, part one: money
- Do the twelve stumbling blocks line up with what we are seeing in the church?
A host introduces an op-ed listing twelve stumbling blocks to the gospel for millennials (born 1981–1996 — 'that's Mike and I') and the hosts begin working through them.
From No. 444 · Fake Persecution and Tripping Millennials