I'm Expecting a Child With Mr. Wrong

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🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Should Sarah go home to her parents after discovering that the boyfriend who knocked her up has a serious gambling problem? Searching for advice? 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 downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
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0:12.4	Sarah, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hi, Dr Laura.
0:17.0	Hi, what can I help you with?
0:20.0	So I'm Colleen, I've been in a long distance relationship with my boyfriend for the past two years and we found out that I was pregnant in August and so I was living in California. He was living in Colorado and so I decided we decided that I would move out here with him and I ended up leaving my job. Like my family, it's been, you know, it's been a big move, but I'm excited for like future family.
0:48.0	And so I've been out here for a little bit now and I went through his phone recently and I'm realizing he has like a huge
0:59.0	gambling problem as well as a web camming like
1:03.2	web caming like porn addiction as well
1:06.3	spending thousands and thousands of dollars and I'm just like I'm at a loss right now
1:11.4	like I'm a big part of me I'm doing May a big part of me just is like wants to move back home where I have like support and family and but then there's a part of me where it's like I want this little boy to have his dad in his life.
1:25.0	So I just kind of want it.
1:26.0	Excuse me. Excuse me.
1:28.0	Don't trivialize this.
1:31.0	You didn't pick a good man to be a dad, you picked a good
1:34.2	stud to play with. There's a difference. You visited and had stud
1:41.7	operations and that's it.
1:44.0	He's a bio dad but he's not going to be a father.
1:48.0	So of course you should move home.
1:50.0	Yeah, yeah, that's that's how it was.
1:53.6	Because the child needs more than your silly choices.
1:58.4	Yeah.
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