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Letters From Listeners
01/21/2013
Dating Rules Here are only a few of the responses we received from listeners who answered the question, 'What dating rules did your parents make you follow when you were a teenager?' More >>

Tags: Dating, Family/Relationships - Teens, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Sex, Teens
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01/21/2013
Age of First Date As a young guy, I (ahem...) did not start dating until I was 23 and out of college. 23! Not because I never had any opportunities. It was my choice. More >>

Tags: Dating, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Religion
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01/18/2013
Changing from Negative to Positive My mentor is my foster mom. I lived with my foster family for just over one year when I was 15 years old, but I was stubborn and independent. I learned so much from her, like what a mom was supposed to be like. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Behavior, Change in Attitude, Compliment, Marriage, Values, Women's Point of View
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01/18/2013
The Synchronicity of Life My husband and I have had two crazy years. To make a long story short, we decided to let go of a job he had for over 12 years because we could not handle the immorality of how they did business. He started a new company and money has been tight. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Business, Job, Marriage, Respect, Response To A Call, Response to a Comment, Values
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01/17/2013
Taking a Difficult Situation and Making Lemonade I'm reflecting today on the many events that have impacted my life over the past year and wanted to share with you what an incredible man I have in my life. My husband has two siblings who have had "issues" with their father over the past few years. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-Parent, Attitude, Disrespect, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Family/Relationships - Family, Father, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Relatives, Siblings
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01/17/2013
Barefoot and Pregnant I'm listening to a call that reminds me of many others I have heard. The recurring topic is women thinking they have to be successful in a career to be loved by a man. More >>

Tags: Career, Dating, Job, Marriage, Men's Point of View, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Pregnant, Relationships
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01/16/2013
Adoption Works As soon as my then 15-year-old daughter asked me what would make her period late, I knew she was pregnant. There was no boyfriend in sight. She had been sneaking out to see a boy she knew wasn't good enough to bring home. More >>

Tags: Adoption, Doing the Right Thing, Family/Relationships - Teens, Morals/Ethics/Values, Parenting, Stay-at-Home Mom, Teen pregnancy, Teens
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01/16/2013
A Cheating Spouse Getting over a spouse who has wandered is very difficult. I know from experience. I don't know how many times or with how many men my wife cheated, but I do know that with one man things went pretty far. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Children, Divorce, Marriage, Parenting, Respect, Values
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01/15/2013
How to Treat the Previous Generation My husband and I have always tried to support each other in our interacting with our parents. His parents were 20 years older than mine and are now at home in Heaven. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Respect, Role model, Values
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01/15/2013
Make Room for True Friends Last New Year's, the friends, my hubby has warned me about for many years, knew a little about our struggles and when we declined to attend their New Year's celebration my so-called girlfriend texted showing disrespect to us and our situation. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Backbone, Character-Courage-Conscience, Depression, Disrespect, Friendships, Marriage, Mental Health, Values
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