COTD Refresher: I Made the Wrong Decision

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🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Stephanie thinks the guilt she felt over having an abortion at age 18 led her to marry a man who was unable to have children. 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	Time now for a refresher from my Dr Laura Call of the Day archives.
0:04.6	Remember, you can hear my live radio program weekdays, 2 to 5 p.m.
0:09.9	Eastern time on Serious XM Triumph 2011.
0:15.0	Stephanie, welcome to the program.
0:19.0	Thank you.
0:20.0	Hi Stephanie, I understand you'd like to talk about a decision you made that you thought was right.
0:29.9	Well at the time I thought it was right but it definitely was not a good decision.
0:38.1	When I had turned 18 and had just graduated high school. Shortly after that I found out I was
0:46.8	pregnant and I grew up in a very strict Catholic family household. I'm sorry that is adorable way to say I found out.
0:56.3	It's like you know what happens without us doing anything? No I I knew what are you doing. Who were you having sex with?
1:07.0	Well, it was a one night stand.
1:13.0	And how did you find the guy for the one night stand?
1:18.0	Well, we were at the beach and he was actually a police officer that was walking the beach area trying to keep things in order.
1:36.2	And I just had a conversation with him
1:40.0	and he took me out for a drink later on that evening, we got together that evening.
1:50.0	And how old were you?
1:52.0	I had just graduated high school and I was 18. I thought you said that.
1:59.7	Yes. Where did your parents think you were, they knew I was at the beach with a lot of friends.
2:07.6	I see. Yes. Okay.
2:14.0	So after I've made the decision to end the pregnancy and have an abortion and that is one thing that I've always regretted doing.
2:28.4	I am 53 now and I've never had children and I am married I've been married for
2:36.7	it will be 14 years in May when I married them the man that I married, I found, I had always known shortly after I met him that he was sterile.
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