Can I See My Boyfriend More Often?

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🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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17-year-old Riley is upset with her parents for limiting the amount of time she's able to see her boyfriend to just once a week. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:08.3	PM Eastern time on serious XM Triumph 1 11 mom and
0:14.6	Riley welcome to the program
0:16.8	Hi, hello. Hi Riley. All right. Um, I'm 17 and I have a boyfriend and I
0:27.1	I am only allowed to see him once a week. So I'm getting I'm calling to ask if I should be allowed to see him more than once a week.
0:37.4	And what day of the week are you allowed to see him?
0:41.9	Just once a week. It doesn't. It just depends. Oh, it depends on which day. Okay, if it tell me what your week is like.
0:49.4	What is your week like now?
0:52.2	Right now. Um, yeah, Monday through Saturday through Sunday. So tell me what your schedule is.
1:00.7	Okay, so I work. I have a job and
1:05.6	So I usually work one or two eight hour shifts and then I go to church on Sundays and spend time with my family. I have mountain biking
1:15.0	on Tuesdays and Thursdays and sometimes Saturday with my family
1:19.8	and I hang out with friends a lot.
1:25.0	Uh, does your boyfriend mountain bike?
1:29.2	He does sometimes, yeah. Does he mountain bike with your family and you?
1:35.4	Uh, he's gone with my family, yeah. And if he does, is that the once a week?
1:41.4	Yeah, usually counts as one thing. Okay, so what has your mom and or dad told you about
1:51.0	this decision they've made? How have they explained it?
1:55.2	Uh, well, my dad said, well, he listens to you a lot. And so one of the things he says is that I'm young and like
2:05.8	he if um, he doesn't want me like wasting my life spending all this time with my boyfriend.
2:12.2	Um, I should be like, because he's like, you're going to regret looking back and seeing all the time
2:17.1	you're going to spend with him, but I don't think that I would regret spending more time with him.
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