{"id":40540,"date":"2012-02-14T19:26:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T03:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=40540"},"modified":"2012-02-14T19:57:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T03:57:42","slug":"earning-your-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=40540","title":{"rendered":"Earning Your Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On his radio show today, Dennis Prager made the case against unconditional love. &#8220;No matter how I treat her, I will get love?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People should feel that they should earn the love of their spouse every day. Didn&#8217;t you feel that when you dated? When you dated, didn&#8217;t you try to earn the love of the person you were seeking? Why should that stop after you marry?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You wanted to look your best, smell your best, act your best, when you were dating. 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