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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Don't Let Drama Drive Your Relatives Away

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.46K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Leslie is upset that her daughter-in-law's side of the family always gets dibs on Thanksgiving with the grandchildren. 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. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Leslie, welcome to the program.

0:14.6

Hi, Dr. Laura. How are you? I'm good. Thank you. How are you? I'm doing okay, a little nervous, but I'm happy to be talking to you again.

0:27.5

And what did we do last time?

0:31.1

Last time, you helped me when I was in a very distraught, depressed state.

0:41.7

I don't even remember exactly what precipitated it.

0:44.9

I'm sure it had something to do with my ex-husband.

0:48.0

And by the end of our call, you had me jumping up and down 20 times.

0:53.9

And I've done it many, many times since.

1:00.9

Well, how can I help you today? So both of my children live out of state. And I dread in particular,

1:09.4

talking to my son and daughter-in-law about plans for the holidays.

1:13.7

They are the parents of my two grandchildren.

1:17.2

It's complicated by two things.

1:19.4

One, that my ex-husband of 29 years lives, went the same place they live.

1:25.4

And two, my daughter-in-law's parents also live there.

1:29.2

It's been three years since I have seen my son and daughter-in-law

1:35.9

and have never seen my son, I mean, my grandchildren on Thanksgiving.

1:40.2

You've had three years to take a plane, a bus to trade.

1:43.6

Why didn't you do that?

1:45.6

Because they made other plants.

1:48.4

I'm not talking about Thanksgiving.

1:50.3

There are 364 other days.

1:52.8

Oh, I see them every...

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