COTD Refresher: Kelly is disappointed in her son for his selfish behavior...

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Kelly's family felt second fiddle to his son's girlfriend at his graduation. What should Kelly do about it? 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 and remember you two can participate
0:06.8	on my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Serious XM Triumph 1111.
0:14.3	Kelly, welcome to the program.
0:18.6	Hi, Dr. Laura, thank you for taking my call.
0:21.0	Thank you.
0:22.0	What's up? I am a proud mom of a US marine who just
0:26.8	completed boot camp last month at Paris Island.
0:30.3	Hurrah. Absolutely. I got some of the sweetest letters that I always hope to receive from my son during that time.
0:40.0	It's very stressful for them.
0:42.0	It's the only way of communicating.
0:44.0	Just how much she loved and missed us and valued his family and
0:49.0	wish he had treated us differently and then differently and so I had great expectations when we drove
0:57.0	10-11 hours to go down for a graduation and it was a wonderful ceremony.
1:03.0	But I was quite disappointed with the aftermath and I just wanted to ask you if...
1:08.0	What was the aftermath?
1:10.0	He wanted me to bring his girlfriend and his best friend, which I did.
1:15.0	And I think that me and his stepfather and his father and his siblings were pretty ignored and the focus went towards the girlfriend and the best friend.
1:29.2	Well, gee, I could have told you that was going to happen.
1:32.4	Yeah, I knew it too Dr Laura but I wanted to do
1:37.2	everything I could to make him happy and it well. Why should you be doing everything you can to make them happy?
1:45.0	That doesn't really sound right. It sounds right to you.
1:50.0	Okay. But I don't think that's your purpose.
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