Are We Just Too Different?

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Dr. Laura points out to Hannah that her lack of effort is more damaging to her marriage than the couple's cultural differences. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious XM Triumph 111.
0:11.0	Hannah, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura, thanks so much for having me.
0:17.2	Thank you.
0:18.8	What can I help with?
0:20.3	Well, my husband and I kind of made a lot of
0:26.5	emotional emotionally with each other.
0:28.8	You know, when we started off, we, there were a lot of things we would do together and we had our son about three years ago.
0:39.0	I guess I've been kind of building up anger around things that I've been told and I know it's me.
0:50.8	You're building anger about something you were told and what was the something?
0:55.0	Just really, I guess his reactions is the anger towards me. I really I guess I expected compassion and I maybe I'm not the one that I don't know what's been going on in your lives so when you keep throwing in these words I don't know what's happening.
1:15.0	Okay. So what's wrong that you're expecting compassion and what is
1:19.8	triggering anger for him. Tell me...
1:24.0	We have very different cultural backgrounds.
1:27.0	I know, but you knew that when you were dating and got married,
1:30.0	so don't give me that garbage because you accepted that. Both of you accepted that and
1:35.2	accepted that you were going to make a life together and compromise with each other or you
1:39.3	never should have gotten married. So let's just leap from there. Don't tell me about your childhood. Don't tell me about
1:44.6	the culture of origin. Just tell me. What are you needing compassion for? My shortcomings? I feel like I always have to exceed them.
2:05.0	And what shortcomings? What shortcomings do you need compassion for?
2:11.0	That I'm an American woman.
2:14.0	I'm sorry, being an American woman is now a shortcoming.
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