Children of divorce are more likely to be poor according to the study that starts the show. Diane reads an email with funny advice for single girls! A woman wonders if she can “take” affection from her husband, a daughter needs advice on how to help her mother get over the father divorcing her, and a wife is having trouble with who is initiating sex in the marriage.
Mark starts the show drawing a parallel between the way Americans think about voting and marriage. A wife is wondering what steps she should take since discovering her husband looking at porn, another wife wants to know how to get her husband to stop playing XBox so much. A follow-up email comes in from the woman who nags to get her husband to do anything and another woman has the problem of the dog getting more affection than she does.
One wife wants to know what to do since her husband cuddles more with the dog than with her and another one needs advice on how she can get her husband to pay more attention to her. Mark also answers an email on what to do when weight gain is an issue with your sex life.
Debbie opens the show with comments from several listeners about young marriage. Mark and Debbie move on to discuss a new study from Sydney, Australia that identifies what it takes to keep a couple together.
A e-mail is read on the show from a woman that cant get her husband to have sex with her and his lack of compassion and caring for her. Another woman e-mails the show about finding the ‘right man’ to marry and how prayer and faith play a role in marrying the ‘one.’ Mark shares his opinion about prayer and people waiting for divine revelation.
Mark also talks about letting the past go to move forward and the important things to cover during the dating process.
On today’s show Mark discusses public display of affection, advice from butt kicking women, men and women’s need for talking, kicking pornography, finding who you want in the dating process, the idea of waiting for God to tell you what to do.