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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Lonely widow Laura thought shacking-up would solve her problems, but now she and her son are suffering even more. 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
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. Laura, welcome to the program.
0:15.9	Hi, Dr. Laura. So, hi. So my problem is, is that my boyfriend, who is a vet, he did three tours in
0:30.8	Afghanistan and Iraq about 10, 11 years ago. He does have some PTSD from that.
0:38.2	How long have you been dating him to call him a boyfriend?
0:42.8	A year.
0:45.1	And how old are you?
0:46.5	How old is he?
0:49.3	I'm 48.
0:50.7	He's 41.
0:54.3	And you're shacking up with him because?
0:59.3	Right.
1:01.4	Financial, but we talked about being married.
1:04.2	No, that's nonsense.
1:04.7	Total nonsense.
1:06.2	Total nonsense.
1:07.9	Don't give me financial.
1:09.9	You're not married. You're shacking up with him because
1:13.3	your head, you're thinking, I'm shacking up with him because I love him. Okay, are we just
1:26.5	going to keep doing stupid stuff together or are you going to really help me, help you?
1:36.2	Don't give me, I love him.
1:37.9	He's not laying down his life for you, and you haven't made the decision to let him do that.
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