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Topic : 07/04 Old Flames

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Created on : Friday, January 06, 2006, 01:49:45 pm
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(Original Air Date: 01/13/06) Staying in touch with your old flame isn't a problem -- unless it interferes with you and your spouse! Susan says her husband, Fred, has a lot of ex-girlfriends and still flirts with them. Fred says his wife is overreacting, and they are just old friends. Is it OK to grab a cup of coffee with an ex when your spouse isn't invited? And, Suzie kept breaking up with her boyfriend when things got too serious, and then taking him back. Tired of being rejected, he finally ended the relationship. Now, Suzie wants her old flame back! What does Dr. Phil think she should do? Plus, one man reunited with his long lost love after being apart for over 60 years! Don't miss this very special love story. Talk about the show here.

 

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January 14, 2006, 10:11 am PST

Suzie is insecure

Suzie needs to become secure within herself before getting back in to any relationship.  Apparently she really is afraid of commitment as she bows out when things get serious.  It would appear to me that this relationship is just not meant to be.  One must find peace within themselves before being committed in a relationship, one cannot do that for the other.
 
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January 14, 2006, 2:33 pm PST

PROPER daddy/daughter behaviour

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Are you kidding me?  Yes, they are nasty and inappropriate.   I think for that little girls sake you should report him?   She needs to be away from him.  You need to think of her, not him.  At 10 years old she doesn't know that this is inappropiate or she doesn't know how to stop thisand you need to help her.
Since when is it proper behaviour for an adult to be sexually playful with a younger person?  Whether it's their own or someone else's.  Tell him he's not teaching her anything about the proper way to seek attention from the opposite sex.  Telling her intimate things?  Closing the bathroom door?  That's WAAAY beyond what a parent should be doing with his/her child!  The kids today are seeing too much adult content and he's not helping by contributing by misleading her into thinking she's all grown up.  She should still be playing with little girls her own age whether it's with dolls or games or whatever else is necessary to maintain her innocence.  Our babies want to be grownups all too soon these days!  They get all the wrong messages with advertising, music videos and whatever the media can throw at them.  I'm not 50 yet and am shocked by what the kids today see!  Never mind what they're doing!  I'm not a grandma yet but I'll strive to be the best at maintaining their 'little one' status while they're with me and my husband.  I wish you loads of luck in being a Good Mom and protecting her.
 

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January 14, 2006, 6:32 pm PST

01/13 Old Flames

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In high school I asked this really great guy to the Junior Prom. I was scared to death.  We knew each other, but only slightly.  He accepted the invite and we had a great time. A month later I went to his Sr. Ball.  We dated for four months....four great months. He left me suddenly for my best friend. They married and divorced within 3 years.  We moved on, but kept in touch, even dated a few times.  We both went through two marriages before he showed up at church again 27 years later.  He could see I was struggling with my second marriage (first husband died), it was not a healthy relationship.  He helped me find myself again by being one heck of a best friend.  We married just 12 days after the divorce was final (it was drawn out and horrid)...that was 2000.  We both say we married our best friend.  We didn't search for each other, just turned around and were there. After years of hellish marriages between the two of us, we have found heaven. Life is complete. Its like a fairytale come true. 

I love stories like yours.  I wish you and yours a happily ever after. 
 
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January 14, 2006, 6:54 pm PST

Old Flames Are Good for the Soul!

I think that old flames are good for the soul. They remind us of our younger days, and they give us perspective on current relationships.  I have an "Old Flame" that was my first love, first lover, and first heartbreak.  Yes, we keep in touch.  Sometimes we go years without hearing from one another.  Presently, we have been chatting online, through yahoo messanger. He's happily married with a young child, and I am happily involved in my own relationship.  We don't want anything from each other, but its nice to have an old friend to be able to chat with and remember things with, from back in the day.  I don't see our online chatting as being a problem for either of our relationships, yes, we are old flames, but it would take a lot more than friendlly chatting on line to spark that flame again.  A little harmless flirting keeps us young.  I say, if you find an old flame that is single and you are single, go for it!  What do you have to lose?  As far as old flames coming between marriages and relationships, it should not happen.   If there are  potential sparks flying, than something is not right at home, and someone is lying, if they say they are content and happy.  My old flame and I have been friends since we were barely teenagers, and we are approaching middle age.  I don't think spouse's and significant others should be threatened by old flames, they are just memories from the past. 
 
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January 14, 2006, 7:15 pm PST

This is troubling and BIZARRE!!!!

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can someone help me out here?     i beleive some of the behavior with my boyfreind and his daughter are nasty and innappropriate.   he sings sexually explicit songs to her  off of the radio, grabs her buttocks in a playful mood.  he also goes in the bathroom with her with the door closed for at least 1 1/2 hour.   she is 10 years old.  tellls her everything, even right down to my breast size and stuff.    buys her thing underwear and bras, and her chest has not developed yet.    at ten she sleeps in our oom and then when i refuse to have sex with him , he says i have a jelous problem.   well for crying out loud she is ten years old, not sick she can sleep in her own bedroom.  i never slept in my psaents bedroom after a certain age. 

What you are describing is PROFOUNDLY INAPPROPRIATE behavior!!!! For the ten year old girl’s safety and protection, I personally, would call Child Protective Services. This is TRULY BIZARRE!!!  

 
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January 14, 2006, 8:16 pm PST

old flame

When I was in my first year of college, I had a dear friend, Kenny, die in a car accident.  I was absolutely crushed.  I had met his twin brother just once, Jason, they were very different.  and when he died, his brother and i fell into a very unhealthy relationship.  sexual, i might add. Kenny and i were never an  official 'item' because i had a boyfriend back home.  but the day kenny died i broke it off.  so the involvement w/jason started on the night of kennys funeral.  i was searching for everything i had held back from kenny.  jason was just taking full advantage, but i was part of kenny for him too.  i was somewhat close w/his parents, but i soon realized i was very painful reminder of kenny to his mother.  i joined the army a year later because his death messed me up so much i couldn't focus on college or a job anymore.  i lost contact.  and now 15 yrs later i found jason on classmates.com and was able to get the apology from jason that i so longed to hear.  he gave me his parents' address since they had long since moved.  i received a letter from his mother a month ago.  i am scared to ever meet up w/him because he will look so much like kenny.  i don't think that will ever happen.  i am married and have long since figured my life out but it is apparent to me that he has not gone much beyond where i last saw him.  but the closure is wonderful, and i will always hold a special place in my heart for him.  as for kenny, i miss him every day :-) 
 
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January 14, 2006, 11:36 pm PST

Dr Phils Old Flame

Great show.  I got a kick out of Dr. Phils old flame.  She was funny and I got the feeling there was a little more to that relationship than they were letting on.  Did anyone else notice that Fred was sitting next to her in the audience and everytime they scanned them he was talking to her!  I think Fred's problem is he's just a big flirt!  What a beautiful love story about Lee and Helen.  I agree with whoever said old flames are good for the soul!  They are stored away in that hidden place in your heart.  Let's face it, no one ever forgets their first love!
 
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January 15, 2006, 8:22 am PST

Old Flames

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I love stories like yours.  I wish you and yours a happily ever after. 
Sometimes, people need to go through the bad to appreciate the good that is received.  I believe that if people have the good right off the bat, they abuse it and don't appreciate it and they lose it.  Therefore, take nothing for granted, one day it may not be there.
 
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January 15, 2006, 8:43 am PST

You took the words right out of my mouth!

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You are absolutely right! An ex is an ex for a reason! That's what I tell people all the time. And the person who got dumped should just move on because that person doesn't love you any more.
My high school sweetheart, is no sweeatheart.. He recently got backin touch with me & reminded me How CRAZY he is... They are an ex for a reason. I broke up with him 16 years ago & he wont get it. THe scary part is you cant even be his friend cause he thinks that means I have to talk to him everytime he calls & do things with him .... I told him today to never call me again,. Please god make it so...
 
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January 15, 2006, 10:00 am PST

Old Flames Create Fire

After 14 years of marriage we had moved off a farm ....bought a new house in town.....the kids were grown & gone.....we had new jobs and a new life......we had always gotten along well and were the best of friends.......or so I thought........he had gotten a call a month later from an old flame.......after chatting she said he was the father of her 22 year old daughter.....and had a new grand child.......after paternity test it came about that this was not true but the time they had spent together continued.....he had always loved her he said although they had only dated a couple of months as kids......I had no idea that he was sneaking out to meet her on a regular basis......he had said there was no more contact and as a fool I believed him........a few months after the initial phone call I came home from work to find half my house missing......there was not a stitch of his memory left in it.........I got a phone call from her husband that she had left him and her 3 kids the same way........it lasted 3 months and now we are trying to pick up hte pieces of a good marriage that had gone bad .......everything is the way it was and although we get along famously and he always thought we had and have a wonderful marriage I am not okay.....I will never look at him the same and can't seem to get passed  the hurt....humiliation....and worthless feeling.....how do I accomplish this.......I have no trust.... my heart still aches...and somedays I want him to pay for what he did to us.....so old flames are wonderful except to the families that are destroyed because of them......... 

 
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