I Feel Like a Sucker

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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The kindness that Cindy and her husband have shown to a couple down on their luck has backfired spectacularly. 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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0:23.2	Cindy, welcome to the program.
0:25.9	Hello.
0:28.1	Hi.
0:29.4	What can I help you with?
0:31.9	Well, a situation just probably a week into it, my husband and I invited some people that were in a bad spot in their life to, you know, move in and help us get our house straightened out as far as construction, and we would give them a place to stay.
0:59.8	And it doesn't seem like it's working out very well.
1:06.6	Why not?
1:07.5	What do you think is not working out?
1:10.5	Well, there's really no work getting done.
1:14.4	And so when you ask them, would you mind putting all the wood in that pile, what do they say?
1:20.1	They just say, I said, are you going to do anything today? And he said, I don't know.
1:26.5	Okay, then Cindy.
1:28.0	Are you a grown up at 68?
1:30.7	I just want to know if you're a grown up at 68, because some people aren't.
1:33.9	A lot of people are.
1:37.4	Well, no, I'm not a grown-up.
1:39.9	Okay.
1:40.3	Is your husband a grown-up?
1:41.5	I'm a little scared little kid.
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