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Dr. Laura Call of the Day

I'm Estranged From My Dad

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.46K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Wendy's father has always been unkind to her. Is it time to cut him out of her life? Email questions or comments: [email protected] - 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.

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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 111. Wendy welcome to the program.

0:14.0

Oh, my goodness. Thank you for answering Dr. Laura. You've been like a mother to me.

0:21.0

Thank you.

0:24.0

I have a situation with my father. I didn't have a good relationship with my mother and father.

0:34.0

I healthy relationship with them. My whole adult life and part of my childhood.

0:44.0

And the question is that I kind of pushed through it, respected them, honored them, have been there for them.

0:54.0

My father is 87. My mother just recently passed away. Like I said, and we have a very dear friend who was our best man at my husband and my wedding.

1:06.0

He's been married 37 years. He is 85 years old. He trained my husband in his career. And he lost his wife nine years ago and since then has kind has declined.

1:20.0

And we have been reaching out and helping him through the years with things and it's gotten to the point where people are starting to we're starting to rob him that we're friends.

1:33.0

And he has a power of attorney and a trust. And he asked my husband to take that over for him. He lived with us for four months.

1:47.0

We needed the paperwork signed or witnessed. So I asked.

1:53.0

Okay, sweetheart, this is this is all beyond my knowledge about any of this business stuff. I'm here as a psychotherapist. So I need well, everything you said is business.

2:06.0

And that's not my venue. So stop telling me who did what and what night it needed to be signed. None of that is registering on my brain. I'm sorry.

2:15.0

What can I help you with? I have nothing to do with a business.

2:21.0

My father during the signing of the papers. I was talking to a dear friend who was also there as a witness told me to be quiet that I don't know what the hell I'm talking about to just be quiet.

2:37.0

That put my friend into a real state. He has cognitive impairment.

2:45.0

He wet his pants. So since then, I haven't spoken to my father. That was five months ago.

2:54.0

In that in the interim of that, my father has accused me of extorting from this gentleman.

3:01.0

And all this ugly, ugly stuff. My brothers are involved.

3:08.0

I can't help you with this. I haven't even been able to follow all the parts. I'm sorry. This is not something I think I can help you with.

3:25.0

If you had something more specific.

3:33.0

I'm not going to be able to follow my father.

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