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Topics: Boundaries, Marriage, Parenting, Childhood Issues, Dating, Difficult Conversations,
Hosts: Steve Arterburn, Dr. Dave Stoop, Dr. Sheri Denham
Caller Questions:
- How do I confront my friend who opened her house to me and then took my belongings somewhere else?
- My husband’s secretary is making advances toward him. What shall I do?
- Should couples share their Facebook passwords with each other?
- How can I help my adopted 12yo son get along with the family?
- I do not like my 20yo brother dating a 39yo girl with 5 kids.
- What can I say to my sister-in-law who is making bad date choices after being cheated on?
Suggested Resources:
Walking Into Walls
How We Love Our Kids
Is This The One
Link to New Life Live: May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Man, today’s program was so emotional there at the end..I don’t know if I have ever before listened to your show and how such visuals of what the caller was describing as I did with the woman calling about her 5 year old niece. I really want to tell all of you how much your love for that child and the caller came through. I was a child of divorce and I was just a little over 5 years old when my parents divorced. There were five of us kids and we raised each other, well, I was the youngest so the four older kids raised me. My parents did what they thought was right after the divorce but it was what was “right” for them. They were much about themselves and felt we kids would figure life out I guess becaues their dating/social life became the main focus of their time. I do believe they loved us but just were so wrapped up in what they wanted, they were blind to being parents. My mother, whom we lived with, would work, come home tired and then the phone would ring and she would be out the door going to the local NCO club where she would dance the night away with married men. As a child I had recurring dreams of the men pulling up in our driveway and my mother running out the door and waving goodbye to us as she got in their car. It took me 37 years to get over that dream and that was only through much therapy and prayer. My heart truly goes out to this little girl because I know that pain. She will be a constant in my prayers and so will her Aunt who seems to be the person God has chosen to be a champion for that child. You guys handled the situation so well, and I do hope that she is able to convey the care and concern to her sister-in-law so that little girl will be spared a life of bad dreams.
Thanks New Life!
May 11, 2012 at 1:51 pm
First caller – I am wondering if maybe there are two sides to this story. Maybe the woman has WAY too much stuff. Maybe she was a bit of a hoarder and the people taking her in does not have room for all her stuff? Still no reason for those people to get rid of her stuff without her permission.
May 13, 2012 at 10:51 pm
I work with a female who hugs everyone and doesn’t care what anyone thinks. She hugs guys in public because she knows they won’t say anything in public. They do not like it, and they don’t like her. The guys send each other text messages alerting each other when she is in the vicinity. She is a dingbat and not sensitive to others feelings, only her own lack of attention. Is there a possibility that Sarah’s husband asked ‘what hug’ because he wanted his wife to know it was very forgettable?
May 15, 2012 at 1:22 am
Caller number 5, in addition to the advice they gave you, PRAY. You love your brother, and God loves him more. He has a plan for healing and will answer your prayers.