Dealing with a Sick Family

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Heidi's family continues to cater to her creepy brother. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:26.3	Dr. Laura.com. Heidi, welcome to the program.
0:31.2	Hello, Dr. Laura. What an honor.
0:33.7	Hello, Heidi. Thank you. Thank you. What's happening? Okay. I have listened to you for 30 years and it was
0:42.2	never something I dreamed I would ever call you for, but my husband, this situation came up and he says,
0:46.8	you got to call Dr. Laura. Like she'll know what to do. So you got to help. Well better know now.
0:52.0	Pretty much know. I know a lot of pressure for you.
1:15.1	But we pretty much know. I'm going to overthink this for you. Okay. All right. Go ahead. We pretty much know what we think you'd say, but we still, I just need to hear it from you. And trying to have that confirmation, I think, that I'm doing the right thing. So my brother and I worked at the same company, and he just got fired.
1:16.8	How old are you?
1:17.9	How old is he?
1:18.7	Are you married?
1:19.9	Is he married or the kids?
1:20.5	Give me background.
1:22.3	Oh, yes, yes. I am a 50, two, and I have three terribly ugly children and seven horribly disgusting grandchildren
1:30.0	that are just love of my life. I love you. Go ahead. And then my brother is about to turn 50.
1:37.7	He'll turn 50 in about a month. And we have, there's four brothers. I'm the oldest with four little
1:42.4	brothers. They're still my little brothers, even though we're in our 50s now.
1:46.8	Is he married?
1:47.9	Does he have kids?
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