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The Dr. Laura Podcast

If You Have Daughters Like This, Don’t Pay for the Marriage

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

"If You Have Daughters Like This, Don’t Pay for the Marriage" - Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:00.0

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0:26.6

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0:28.2

I'm going to deal with a quickie.

0:30.4

And let me preface the quickie by saying, if you have daughters and they don't be able, and they're not able to stand up to the guy they're dating, don't pay for the marriage.

0:49.3

Now, by standing up, I don't mean just being a pain in the ass.

0:52.8

But I mean when said male is doing something

0:55.9

inappropriate or even scary, and they don't want to say anything because maybe he won't like

1:02.9

me and he'll break up with me and then I'll be alone and I'll never find a boyfriend again and I'll

1:06.3

be alone. This is a woman, this is a girl, this is a person of the female persuasion who should not be

1:13.7

married here's an example of what happens just a second it's the wrong picture okay good afternoon

1:25.8

dr laura my name is blank i've been married 18 years, have a 16-year-old daughter. I have a question. My husband is on cannabis and has been using it for eight years. And he has changed dramatically. He's more angry, impossible to speak with. I have two more years until I can break free, meaning the kid will be 18.

1:48.8

My question is, is it wrong for me not to let him drive our teenage daughter to school

1:54.8

because I am not comfortable with how pot affects him the next day?

2:00.3

He doesn't see the problem. I am a problem in his eyes

2:06.1

for not letting him dry. Thank you so much, Julia. Okay, well, she's asking the question, but she's holding tight.

2:23.4

She doesn't let him drive.

2:24.6

Good for you.

2:26.1

If you were afraid to make sure he didn't drive, then you'd be one of the females I was complaining about.

2:37.6

And you'd be one of the females I was complaining about. And you tell your daughter why.

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