Is The Bride-to-Be Too Young to See Red Flags?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Melissa worries that her daughter will regret marrying her momma's boy fiancé. 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.
0:08.1	Eastern Time on SiriusXM Triumph 111.
0:11.5	Mom and Megan.
0:15.1	Mom and Megan.
0:17.0	Welcome to the program.
0:18.2	How old are you, Megan?
0:20.2	I'm 22. We usually don't have adults
0:24.4	needing their mothers on the call. Is this because both of you are involved in something together?
0:32.6	Yes. Okay. Hi, mom. Melissa. Hi. All right. Well, I called and then he wanted me to get Megan on the phone. So that's, ah, yes, yes, ma'am. Fabulous. What can I help with? So, um, I kind of have a little, um, issue with my, uh, fiance's, um, mother-in-law
0:59.9	right now. Um, there's, she's a very nice lady. We're just having an issue with the wedding
1:05.5	parts area. How old are you? And how old is your fiance? I'm 22 and then he is 22 also.
1:17.4	And you really think you're both mature enough to get married for the next 80 years?
1:24.5	Well, we've been together for three years.
1:28.3	It doesn't count. It doesn't count. You're little kids. Come on.
1:31.3	All right. Okay, then.
1:34.3	First thing you need to know is getting married in your age range really hikes up the chances of a divorce.
1:41.3	Because the two of you really don't know who you are yet but here we are and we're
1:47.6	planning a wedding mommy's gonna pay for it and what's the problem with your fiance's mom um so we
1:55.9	have so on our on my side of the family we're gonna have around like 50 people and then on
2:02.0	their side they're wanting around 150 people that's fine hold on hold on okay
2:09.6	Melissa you talk to your daughters fiance's family and say you can afford the hundred the extra 50
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