FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Pressing for Marriage

with Ron Deal | December 18, 2018
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Laura was a single mom with two teenagers who'd dated a guy for years and she was ready to get married. But he wasn't. "Am I being selfish," she asked me. Well, maybe not selfish, but certainly unwise. She overlooked the conflict between her daughter and her boyfriend. And she was convinced he would be a good father-figure to her son-even though he said he didn't really want to be. Quit ignoring air traffic control. Don't take off unless the pilot's onboard and everyone is safely in their seat.

  • Show Notes

  • About the Host

  • About the Guest

  • Laura was a single mom with two teenagers who'd dated a guy for years and she was ready to get married. But he wasn't. "Am I being selfish," she asked me. Well, maybe not selfish, but certainly unwise. She overlooked the conflict between her daughter and her boyfriend. And she was convinced he would be a good father-figure to her son-even though he said he didn't really want to be. Quit ignoring air traffic control. Don't take off unless the pilot's onboard and everyone is safely in their seat.

  • Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

Yeah, I know we don’t have a pilot, but let’s fly anyway.