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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I'm at a Crossroads With My Friend

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

I'm at a Crossroads With My Friend - Sarah wonders if she should confront her friend of 30 years who is not as kind and supportive as she used to be. - Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com | Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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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 two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 11.

0:11.0

Sarah, welcome to the program.

0:13.0

Hi, Dr Laura. I appreciate you taking my call. I'm calling on about a friendship that I've had for 30 years and I'm.

0:26.0

Like your perspective and advice.

0:30.0

And I can get as detailed as you want, but we live.

0:34.0

May I ask a question before you go on? Yeah.

0:37.0

Sure. Why have you had her in your life for 30 years? Has it been that warm and wonderful?

0:45.0

Um, it, you know, it has for the, the, the, the pros have outweighed the time. I guess we've had a lot of good time. She's somebody that I've always been able to talk to.

0:57.0

I've seen each other through, you know, times that have been hired. Um, and she's really a.

1:05.0

Face person so that I guess the reason I'm at the crossroads is because I feel like the scale is has tipped.

1:13.0

Ah, the other way. And yeah, and I'm just don't think that she's been a very good friend for, you know, for sure the last five years.

1:26.0

And it's things that have been really important. Um, she's really failed to be a friend on things that have been important to me.

1:37.0

So this requires, this requires a sit down conversation.

1:44.0

Where you express that.

1:48.0

Well, that's one of the other things I'm doing with one of the problems is I was done that. Um, things that have bothered me when I've tried to talk to her about them.

1:59.0

Very different. Um, she.

2:02.0

Oh, you know, Sarah, you're just being too sensitive and she just.

2:08.0

She doesn't see my point, I guess. And, and that's the other thing I'm kind of wondering, am I too sensitive? Is it? Am I being overly sensitive?

2:18.0

Do you really believe that or do you really believe that?

2:22.0

Well, I don't want people. Well, then don't ask the question when you know it's not true.

2:29.0

Don't doubt. I kind of want to get an unbiased opinion because.

2:33.0

I don't know you for 20 years. So I don't know how sensitive you are, but I'm going by you sound intelligent to me.

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