{"id":55657,"date":"2025-08-20T16:55:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=55657"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:09:47","slug":"1-800-knot-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=55657","title":{"rendered":"1-800-kNOT-HELP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Again an Elder has brought to our attention the burden that WLBOTTism <\/strong>can place on a relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Honey, Honey, come look, I won a Kolobok award<\/strong>!!” – Elder KM<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Wow, congrats, that’s so exciting, what is it…oh wait, is this WLBOTT <\/strong>again?” – Elder S (Elder KM’s spousal unit)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Testimonials<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe came for counseling. We left with three bales of twine and a rooster. Our marriage is\u2026 different now.\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Satisfied Couple<\/em>

\u201cI didn\u2019t understand a single word UC#2 said, but I think we\u2019re technically married to a Babylonian goddess now.\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Confused but Committed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many couples find our phone tree so helpful they never call back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve found it helpful to have the couples participate in activities to boast their self esteem while engaging with the therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, tending the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another successful strategy is to have the couple work through their anger by cleaning pots and pans at the WLBOTT <\/strong>Ladle & Lub<\/em>, under the watchful eye of our licensed (DMV, class C; some restrictions apply) therapists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Semi-Sequitur: You May Bring One (1) Chicken at No Extra Charge<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We have specially trained staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Again an Elder has brought to our attention the burden that WLBOTTism can place on a relationship. “Honey, Honey, come look, I won a Kolobok award!!” – Elder KM “Wow, congrats, that’s so exciting, what is it…oh wait, is this WLBOTT again?” – Elder S (Elder KM’s spousal unit) Testimonials \u201cWe came for counseling. We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,15,36,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curated-absurdity","category-existential-angst","category-lasting-love","category-peace-thru-twine"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55657"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55691,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55657\/revisions\/55691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}