01/14/2019 
              
                
               
              
               
               
              
              The best wedding I ever attended was on our 17th anniversary in 1999. The wedding was for a colleague, and the couple had shacked up for several years before they decided to get married.  More >> 
              
              
               
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          		| Tags: Commitment, Marriage, Wedding
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              01/09/2019 
              
                
               
              
               
               
              
              ...My marriage of 11 years ended violently in November 2011. He left me with a traumatic brain injury and strangle marks on my neck. I'm now a single mom of 3 sons. I had always been a housewife/full-time mom, so I was stressed about getting a job...  More >> 
              
              
               
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          		| Tags: Abuse, Bad relationships, Dating, Marriage, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Mothering, Parenting, Relationships, Response to a Call, Shacking Up, Shacking-Up, Values
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              01/08/2019 
              
                
               
              
               
               
              
              I called you looking for affirmation that my husband and I had given our daughter the right advice. She had been asked by a friend's mother to throw a surprise birthday party for this friend, but then the mother said that my daughter shouldn't invite a certain few people...  More >> 
              
              
               
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          		| Tags: Character, Courage, Conscience, Character-Courage-Conscience, Follow up to Call, Morals, Ethics, Values, Response to a Call, Values
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              01/04/2019 
              
                
               
              
               
               
              
              I am a 44-year-old divorced mom with a lovely 11-year-old daughter. I have been listening to you for about a year. After hearing you talk about single parents dating, and how that is not good for the children, I have decided not to date until my daughter is 18...  More >> 
              
              
               
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          		| Tags: Dating, Divorce, Raising kids, Relationships
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