Desiree Can Never Take Back the Hurt She Caused

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Desiree may have ruined her relationship with her son by lashing out in the cruelest of ways. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Desiree, welcome to the program.
0:13.9	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:14.7	Thank you for taking my call.
0:16.9	Thank you.
0:17.5	Thank you so much.
0:19.2	I'm calling today to see if you could give me some dialogue regarding my son.
0:25.0	I am a 47-year-old.
0:26.8	I've been married 23 years.
0:29.0	No prior children, no prior marriages.
0:31.4	I have two sons, ages 20 and 17.
0:34.9	And a week and a half ago, my 20-year-old and I had an argument. I was getting on him about
0:41.5	making a car payment to us that he owed us for. And he responded by saying, don't tell me,
0:48.2	something to the lines of, don't tell me what to do, you cheater. Why don't you go to a hotel room? After all, you're the one
0:55.5	that broke up our family. And I was like a punch to my heart and I responded instead. Is that, is that
1:03.3	accurate? Yes, it is accurate. I had an affair from 2015 until 2020, and both children know about it.
1:13.8	My response to him was, I hope you get fired from your job, and I prefer your brother over you.
1:22.0	That was my response.
1:24.1	And then my husband, hey, hey.
1:25.4	Why did you say, hey, I'm going to ask you something.
1:28.4	He pointed up something horrible you did.
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