Don't Let Emotional Needs Drive Your Decisions

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Things could have gone so much better if Renee had prioritized her children's needs above her own emotional needs. 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.
0:11.4	Renee, welcome to the program. Hi, thank you, Dr. Laura. Thank you. What's up? I have been in a relationship for about four years.
0:24.6	We've both been married before.
0:25.6	Okay. Are you dating, shacking up, married?
0:28.2	What are we talking about?
0:29.1	Long distance?
0:30.1	Yes.
0:30.6	Living together.
0:32.0	We met in high school 30 years ago.
0:35.1	Shacking up and living together are two different things. Living
0:39.1	together happens when you marry. Shacking up precludes marriage. Okay, we're shacking up.
0:46.3	Okay. We have, um, we each have three kids, so no kids together.
0:57.5	You're kidding me.
0:59.3	Your kids see you doing this?
1:02.4	Wow.
1:03.5	Okay, go ahead.
1:07.0	I'm just having... Doesn't it worry you?
1:09.9	Didn't it feel shameful that you would teach your kids' covenantal commitments are unnecessary,
1:18.2	just shacking up and being unhappy half the time is okay?
1:25.1	Really?
1:30.3	I'm sorry.
1:37.3	I remember a day when parents felt embarrassed when they did something inappropriate, shameful, wrong, and their kids knew.
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