Ep 68: The Family Has "Issues", What Do I Do?

Ep 68 - The family has “issues”, what do I do?  In this continuation of stigmatize dating we discuss more stigmatized issues that occur during your dating life cycle. Of course everyone hopes and believes and imagine that they are going to get the full package. The father-in-law is president of the young Israel the mother is coordinating three tehillim groups, his sister is a very well-balanced nurse at some hospital and her brother is happily married with kids in the five towns. As you know this does not happen all the time and in most cases stigmatized dating pops up. There’s always going to be an issue with some family mix perhaps someone is divorced perhaps a sibling does not fall into the community expectations. In this episode we break it down and get you a plan for this. 1. Father was in prison 2. They have 10 siblings, they have one sibling, they are an only child 3. The family is poor 4. Sibling is off the derech 5. Converts 6. Messy divorce 7. Mental illness in the family 8. Family has someone in it that is gay 9. They don't plan to attend their child's wedding 10. Parent’s don't speak to some of the children 11. Physical health issues in family 12. Child that is special needs 13. Parent who passed away 14. Money