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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Change The Attitude and Be Nice!!

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Change The Attitude and Be Nice!!: Six months ago Patty was frustrated by her husband’s frequent visits to the bar…that was until the pandemic unfolded and she made a change! - Dr. Laura: "Look in the mirror and take a deep hard look at yourself." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.

0:03.8

Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.

0:09.9

Patty, welcome to the program.

0:12.0

Yes, thank you.

0:13.6

I called you about six months ago about the problem that I was having with my husband.

0:24.3

He was going to a bar after work every day.

0:28.9

And I was getting really tired of it and was contemplating divorce.

0:35.4

And I found you on Sirius a few months before that just a moment.

0:45.3

And you kept saying if you're having problems in your marriage,

0:52.7

just look in the mirror and take a good hard look at yourself to see if you're part of the problem.

0:58.4

And it got me to doing a lot of soul searching and changing my attitude.

1:04.3

And like the previous call, or I started just being nice.

1:08.0

And I could see some slow changes in his reaction to me.

1:16.4

And then COVID came around and we started spending a whole lot more time together,

1:20.4

even though he was in an essential business and had to work.

1:27.1

The silver lining for that, for the closing of all the bars,

1:32.5

was one of the best things that ever happened because he came home every day.

1:38.3

And we started developing a routine where we sat out on our front porch.

1:42.3

And just he would have a beer, but he was with me.

1:45.9

That's right.

1:48.0

Well, he drank one or two, but no more than that.

1:53.6

But it has deepened our relationship and the fact that he no longer feels the need to go to be

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