I Want to Help My Daughter Save Her Marriage

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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How involved should Barbara be in helping her daughter with her marital problems? 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.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Barbara, welcome to the program.
0:13.7	Oh, thank you, Dr. Laura.
0:14.7	Thank you for having me on today.
0:16.9	I've listened for a while off and on.
0:18.6	And due to a situation, a friend of mine said you need to start
0:21.1	listening again i had the time so i started and figured i'd call in and uh thank you for taking my call
0:27.1	my daughter is a rough situation right now she's married her high school sweetheart one of those typical
0:33.7	stories um how old is your daughter she'll be be 40 in October. Oh, okay. So she's a grown adult.
0:42.8	All right. Yes, a young adult, a young woman, very successful in her work, makes more than he does, by the way.
0:49.7	Been married for 11 years, but been with him since they were high school sweetheart. we're all in all about 21 years he fits the peter pan image of a guy that grew up with a pretty decent
1:01.7	amount of money only child never really learned to be proactive take initiative work real hard
1:07.2	everything was kind of given to him whereas my my daughter is more goal-oriented, very
1:12.6	involved with their six and nine-year-old daughter's activities, play date, school. He, on the other
1:18.9	hand, was unfortunately, he's a good nice guy, sweet guy, friendly guy, but he's like five
1:25.8	foot nine now with 55 pounds, started getting his PhD. Oh, I'm sorry. He weighs 65 pounds?
1:35.7	200. Or 100. 65. 265 at 5.9. Oh, my God, his poor heart on his knees.
1:44.6	Yes.
1:45.8	He enjoys his whiskey.
1:48.1	He enjoys his cigars.
1:50.5	He didn't get his Ph.D.
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