I Feel Taken Advantage Of

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Irene needs to stop being a wimp and tell her friend the truth of how she feels. 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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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day brought to you by Vibriant Super C serum, the skincare product I use twice a day.
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0:15.8	radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com.
0:23.5	Irene, welcome to the program.
0:26.4	Hello, Dr. Laura.
0:29.3	Hello, I am a long-time listener, but somehow I still find myself wimping out on some issues that I need to deal with.
0:41.4	Well, you did not wimp out today, so let's go.
0:45.5	I'm trying. I'm trying. I have a friend who, I mean, I say friend, but not a close friend.
0:57.4	This person pursued me for a long time.
1:01.3	My warning bells were ringing, but somehow I let her get it.
1:07.0	I let her come into the door.
1:09.5	And we've had this exchange of sort of a friendship and now I feel myself
1:18.3	being manipulated and used well tell me exactly not and not and tell me exactly what she's doing that you consider being used and manipulated.
1:32.9	So tell me exactly what she's doing.
1:34.6	An example.
1:36.2	An example would be she would get into fights with some people, and this has usually something to do with a purchase.
1:49.5	And these are people that I know as well.
1:52.8	So she would call me and tell me, well, they don't want to deal with me, and I know exactly
1:59.2	why they don't want to deal with her.
2:02.2	Can you please call them and ask them how much it is for me, then I'll give you the money and you pay for it and you
2:07.9	buy it. And I fell for this so many times to the point where when she pays me for it, it's always with a caveat of, oh, don't cash my check for another 30 days.
2:22.9	30 days comes, oh, don't cash my check for another 30 days.
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