
Dear Marsha, I didn’t send out thank you cards for my baby shower in March 2010 (my daughter is now 8 months) and my parents are so angry at me they won’t talk with me. Is there anything I can do to make everyone happy without looking even more “tacky” then I already do?...
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Tags: baby, Baby Shower, Bad Manners, Cards, Happy, Parents, Photo's, Thank You, Thank You Cards
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Marsha, hope that you can help with some advice. My 17-year old son is a senior in high school and is quite popular in school, and for the most part is just a pretty good kid. He is an athlete (one of the best in his school in all sports), and one of the...
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Tags: Athlete, Condoms, Dad, Decision, God, Package, Parents, Preacher, Premarital Sex, school, Sex, Teen, Urges
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Dear Marsha, Almost a year ago now, I met an absolutely amazing guy online. As I am fully aware of some of the more sinister characters on the Internet who try to earn your trust for dishonest reasons, I was rather wary at first when he admitted that he liked me, but after a...
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Tags: acceptance, Dating, Home, Internet, Love, Nosy, Objections, Online, Parents, Relationship, Teen
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Dear Marsha, I am dealing with something rather painful right now and need to know how to handle it better. I just recently married a guy that has a child of his own. This was not a big deal at all for me and in fact I love his son. I also have 2...
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Tags: Birthday, Brothers, Family, Favoritism, Gifts, Grandparents, Half Brother, Holiday, Husband, Overnights, Parents, Siblings, Son, Sons, Step, Step Son, Wife
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Dear Marsha, My husband and I were married in June of this year. I am so very thankful for him and our marriage is still strong. I have never been married before, and I was raised by a single mother myself. I have a question that is really bothering me and I was wondering...
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Tags: alone, Blue, Brother, Cheer, Christmas, Family, friends, Happy, Holiday, Holidays, Mother, N Laws, Parents, Share, Spend, Thanksgiving, time, Together, Visit
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Dear Marsha, I am a grandmother of 11 grandchildren. I love each and everyone of them. I have recently been accused of favoring one grandchild over all of the others. I do not notice that I do, but everyone is starting to say well if it was —— then you wouldn’t mind, or I’m...
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Tags: Children, Equal, Fair, Favorite, Grandchildren, Grandma, Grandparents, house, Parents, Plan, Siblings, Similarity, Visit
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Dear Marsha, I have been married now for about 2 1/2 yrs. and my husband is always so rude to my parents when they come to the house. My parents do not have to say or do anything, but simply talk to me about one thing or another, and my husband is always sassing...
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Tags: Acting out, Acting up, Behavior, Confrontation, Conversation, Cope, Husband, Mumbling, Parents, Reason, Resolution, Rude, Speaking
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Dear Marsha, I am a single mother of 2 kids, both are under the age of 8, both are from different fathers, and both live with me. Both fathers have regular visitations that they commit to. Only one father pays his child support regularly, the other pays when he can or if I really...
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Tags: Absent, Bills, Child, Child Support, Children, Duties, Enforce, Neglect, Obligation, Parent, Parents, Paying, Support, Sympathy, Visiting
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Dear Marsha, I am 13 years old and my dad will still refuse to let me date. Everyone at my school has been on a date, why should I be any different? I get made fun of because I can’t go out with this boy that really likes me. Is there anything I can...
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Tags: date, Dating, Group, Parents, Public, school, Skating, Teen, YMCA
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Dear Marsha, We are expecting a baby in December and we have chosen not to have the gender told to us. My husband and I both agreed on letting it be a surprise. I was wondering if you or any of your viewers would be willing to help us name the child. We do...
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Tags: baby, Bible, Biblical, Boy, Child, Expecting, Gender, Girl, Name, Names, Naming, Newborn, Parents
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