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Till Death Do Us Part… Unless I Get Lonely | Wrong Way Forward

What happens when your spouse has Alzheimer's, your marriage has effectively become a one-person operation, and you're ready to start dating again?

A woman wrote to The New York Times asking whether it's ethically acceptable to pursue another relationship while her husband battles advanced Alzheimer's. The ethicist gave her the green light. Justin nearly had a stroke.

This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin tackle one of their most uncomfortable ethical dilemmas yet. Do marriage vows come with an expiration date? Does an age gap change your obligations? And is wanting a little romance on the side understandable—or completely unforgivable?

Then the conversation takes an unexpected turn: What if you're not married at all? Does a boyfriend of three years have the same obligations as a spouse of thirty?

Plus, a listener delivers some refreshingly blunt parenting advice: Stop fixing everything for your kids. Sometimes the best lesson is letting them screw up.

Marriage, morality, questionable judgment, and absolutely no shortage of unsolicited opinions.

Wrong Way Forward. Bad advice. Strong opinions. Questionable qualifications.

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You Look Great! Were You Ugly Before?

Is it a compliment or an insult wearing lipstick?

This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin take on backhanded compliments, high school reunion disasters, and Miss Manners' painfully polite advice. From “You really grew into your nose” to the dreaded corporate “shit sandwich,” no insult disguised as kindness is safe.

Plus, should you really start saying no to everything after 40? Because apparently wisdom comes with an expiration date.

Wrong Way Forward — where bad advice goes to die.

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Saving the planet sounds great—until there are maggots on your patio.

This week, Katy and Justin are joined by sustainability expert and author Kelly Weger to figure out whether the everyday things we do in the name of the environment actually make a difference.

Are we already past the point of no return on climate change? Does recycling really matter? Is sustainable living only for people who can afford it? What’s the environmental cost of AI? And for the love of God, can we please stop pretending anyone likes paper straws?

Kelly explains why you don’t have to be perfect to make a difference—and why giving up may be the biggest wrong way forward of all. Pasted text

Along the way, Katy confesses to Waffle House and disposable-straw guilt, Justin reveals the horrifying consequences of putting a chicken carcass in the compost bin, and somehow boxed wine emerges as a possible environmental solution. Pasted text

Small changes. Big problems. Lots of bad decisions.

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