I’m Not Ready to See My Estranged Dad

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Dr. Laura has four words of advice for Elle who's nervous about seeing her estranged father at a family gathering. 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 listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious xm triumph 11.
0:11.0	Hell welcome to the program.
0:13.4	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.1	Hi, what can I do for you?
0:17.1	You're welcome.
0:19.1	I'm calling because I am estranged from my dad for about eight years now.
0:26.0	Because...
0:28.0	Because my parents divorced and his communication and handling of that situation was not something that was
0:36.8	positive in my life so I asked no idea what that means I have no idea what that means. I have no idea what that means. Yep, he involved myself and my
0:46.4	brother in communication with my mom that was very inappropriate. He said things
0:51.0	like his investment didn't pay off and just other hurtful things that made
0:58.9	me uncomfortable to be to have a relationship with him at that time.
1:05.0	And who asked for the divorce?
1:09.2	My mom did.
1:10.8	And the reason she gave for the divorce.
1:15.0	Oh, goodness, just years of,
1:20.0	they were not ever really a good match. It was a challenging relationship. She had to manage him and his actions and
1:31.2	there was a lot that came out after the fact that she kept from us that I understood as an
1:38.4	adult that it was time for her to be happy.
1:41.1	Okay. I still happy.
1:47.0	Okay, I still am in the dark, but all right. Uh, well, my mom did a good job of keeping that out of the kids life or relationship with my dad.
1:58.5	So I'm calling because it's been about eight years
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