Archive: Tagged ‘step-families’

07-08-2011

Are single-sex dorms the answer to curb binge drinking and hooking up on college campuses? Some people think so according to the article Mark and Diane start the show with. Then they tackle emails–one from a listener wondering what’s the best marriage advice she can give to newlyweds, another from a step-mother having issues with her step-son, a wife writes looking for help after she had an emotional affair.

 

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11-22-2010

Is marriage in America obsolete? Find out what new research says.

A guy wants help to deal with a huge lie that he told prior to marriage, that has now come back to haunt him. An empty-nester wonders how to reconnect with her husband now that the kids are leaving home. A step-mom needs advice on handling a situation with her kids and their bio-mom.

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10-22-2010

Mark and Debbie start the show discussing how the government of Singapore is requiring divorcees to go through marriage prep prior to remarriage.

A wife asks how to deal with her teenage daughter who is causing problems in their family. Another wife who is leaving her cheating husband needs to know when she can find another guy and date again.

Mark answers a couple of emails from listeners who are having issues with their in-laws!

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04-05-2010

Mark is back in Green Bay, WI this morning! The 2 open the show with a Wall Street Journal article, Why Women Don’t Want Macho Men.

A wife is losing patience with her husband and his porn addiction,  and is there a difference between an emotional affair and a physical affair? A man wants to know who to deal with his ‘mid-life’ crisis and changing careers. A step-mom cant get her 25-year-old step son out of the house, and Mark advises her to deal with her husband, not the son. A woman is tired of being the initiator.

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03-26-2010

Mark is still in hanging out in New Zealand! He and Debbie open the show discussing an article that claims parenthood offers a buffer against suicidal behavior.

They answer emails from a woman whose husband gives her grief about spending money on her family and another wife whose husband threatened her with legal action. Mark gives great advice for step-families on how to deal with the discipline of children and also explains what the grounds for annulment are.

A guy continues in an affair years after his wife thought it ended….what should she do?

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