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The Dr. Laura Podcast

COTD Refresher: My Husband and I Don't Agree

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

From my Call of the Day archives; Linda's husband has asked her to refrain from sharing his cancer diagnosis with anyone, but she really wants to have someone to confide in. 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.

0:13.7

Linda, welcome to the program.

0:18.1

Hi, Dr Laura, thank you for taking my call.

0:20.5

You're welcome.

0:21.9

What's up? I'm confused about how to reconcile my husband's wish to keep his

0:29.3

cancer diagnosis and treatment private and mine to I don't know if it's a need or a wish or

0:37.0

desire what you know to tell a close friend or to confide in someone.

0:43.0

For example, he'd had surgery two days ago,

0:48.0

and I was in the hospital with him.

0:49.5

It's a huge medical center, you know, 10,000 people are there.

0:52.6

And I heard my name, and it happened to be a friend

0:55.2

who I haven't seen for a couple years,

0:56.5

but we were very close, and we had taken trips together

0:59.2

and things.

0:59.7

And I just want to know why I was there,

1:01.5

how things are going, and what do I tell her?

1:05.2

So I confided in her, but I didn't tell him that I confided in her because he doesn't want anyone

1:09.7

to know.

1:11.1

So I don't know, I don't know how to how to have any reason you have any well because I think

1:20.0

some lies are necessary in life.

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