Single and Ready to Mingle: Episode 868
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Ideas for getting out and making friends, plus author Jerry Jenkins on boundaries with the opposite sex, and signs you’re in an abusive relationship.
Featured musical artist: JJ Heller
Roundtable: Make New Friends
You may be asking, “Where are all the great people to hang out with?” Maybe, just maybe, they’re outside your front door? In order to find them, you may need to get creative. You may need to try something new. Visit new places. Join a new group. This week we discuss ways to step out of your comfort zone and meet quality people. Plus, if you’re single and looking for potential dates, we’ll offer thoughts on how to look without obsessing over whether every cute person could be the one.
Culture: Boundaries With the Opposite Sex
Marriage experts talk often about creating boundaries when you’re married to guard against infidelity. But great boundaries with the opposite gender work best when you start early — when you’re dating someone, or even before. Setting up what bestselling novelist and author Jerry Jenkins calls “hedges” can be a great and practical way to do that. In our interview, he shares what hedges might look like in dating and marriage, how to set them, and how to avoid potential excuses and pitfalls when temptation strikes.
Hedges: 7 Ways to Love Your Wife and Protect Your Marriage
Inbox: Am I in a Toxic Relationship?
The word toxic is too often tossed around to describe people we simply don’t like. But what are signs that you’re in a truly toxic or abusive relationship? Counselor Tim Sanford weighs in.
Article: Just Annoying or Truly Unsafe?: How to Navigate Get-Togethers With Difficult Family
Link: Help for Abusive Relationships
Article: Destructive Conflict: Recognize It. Stop It.
Link to Show: Setting Boundaries in Toxic Relationships
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